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[Handy Don 17,454]

1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

2. I use a 15mm socket backwards on a 1/2" socket wrench/ torque to tighten / loosen the axle set screws with the funky square head. The set screw head fits perfectly on the 1/2" side and the 1/2" socket wrench holds perfectly on the 15 mm side.

And here I’ve been making do with a plain old ½” open-end wrench! 

[SylvanLakeWH 32,445]

48 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

And here I’ve been making do with a plain old ½” open-end wrench! 

Your arm torque-omitor is clearly superior to mine... 

[Lee1977 7,764]

If I'm not mistaken all my hub set screws are 3/8" with a 3/8" square head. Never seen a 3/8" set screw with a 1/2" square head, they could make them I guess.

I do know they make 3/8" socket sets in metric. I did try the 1/2"socket wrench into a 15 mm 12 point socket it fit. All my 3/8" drive sockets are 6 point, none fit.

 

[ebinmaine 80,579]

1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

Your arm torque-omitor is clearly superior to mine... 

 

 

Remember you're supposed to tighten loosen tighten loosen tighten loosen so the set screw has a little Groove to sit into.

You definitely want to go back and tighten that after driving around for 15 to 30 minutes maximum.

[Handy Don 17,454]

16 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

all my hub set screws are 3/8" with a 3/8" square head

Excellent point. No wonder the ½” wrench doesn’t work that well!! 

[SylvanLakeWH 32,445]

20 minutes ago, Lee1977 said:

If I'm not mistaken all my hub set screws are 3/8" with a 3/8" square head. Never seen a 3/8" set screw with a 1/2" square head, they could make them I guess.

I do know they make 3/8" socket sets in metric. I did try the 1/2"socket wrench into a 15 mm 12 point socket it fit. All my 3/8" drive sockets are 6 point, none fit.

 

 

3 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Excellent point. No wonder the ½” wrench doesn’t work that well!! 

yup I have a 1/2" brain... meant 3/8"... thx for the catch...  (corrected original post...)

 

@Handy Don feel free to continue using 1/2"...  

Edited 20 hours ago by SylvanLakeWH

[Lee1977 7,764]

I think I do have a 3/8" official set screw wrench in my dads toolbox. It will take half an hour to clean off the box and find it to take a picture.

This is just a test picture of some homemade roller axles to see if I can post. Org has been playing games with me. I think they still owe me for the 

$71 a month they paid 67 me and 68.

Here is the 3/8" square wrench, It is the one with T handle. the big end on the small wrenchs is 5/16" the other end of one is 1/4" and the other is 3/16".

 

Edited 19 hours ago by Lee1977

[Lee1977 7,764]

I found the 3/8" set screw wrench in my father in laws toolbox. Sorry didn't a 1/2", but I did find something that would work.

Montgomery Wards Lakeside pipe wrench

 

 

[ebinmaine 80,579]

I have 8 sided sockets for set screws. Much easier.  

They came in a set of tools my mom bought for me when I was in my late teens or early 20s.  

[sqrlgtr 3,856]

These are what I use for square head bolts. I work on a lot of wore out I mean antique farm equipment and back in the day they used a lot of square (four point) head bolts. BTW neat little tractor and in my experience those little 8hp's punch way above their weight class. 

Williams JHWWSBD-7RC SuperTorque 7-Piece 3/8-Inch Drive 8 Point Socket Set Lobular Openings Chamfered Ends High Polish Chrome Finish - Amazon.com

[953 nut 69,089]

@roadapples came up with an idea I have used for years.

Put the 3/8" square drive end of a 3/8" allen socket on the head of the set screw, place a 1/2" drive 3/8" socket on the allen wrench and use your 1/2" torque wrench to properly torque the set screw.

Thanks Jay @roadapples, we miss you.