I think they call that a Basin Wrench. Available at any Home Depot or Lowe
=99s.
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> On Aug 16, 2019, at 11:49 AM, Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:
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> A lovely old tool worth having on a trigear is Ford Wrench with the extend
ed jaw, but hard to find since it went out of production in the 30s. A simi
lar wrench that works great is a parallel jaw, adjustable wide grip wrench u
sed by plumbers. Works the same just the handle is radial rather than paral
lel. With a shaft/pipe inserted into your wheel, you can=99t get a soc
ket on the Matco nut. With one of these wrenches, it is easy to adjust and r
emove the axle nut on both the new nose gear axle and then slide the nut/was
her, and whole wheel off the spindle, then block the spindle with a couple 4
x4 blocks. See above how the jack and pipe into the spindle setup works.
>
> Here is the radial wrench: Typically around $15.
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> Best Regards,
> Bud Yerly
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> From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com <owner-europa-list-server@mat
ronics.com> on behalf of William Daniell <wdaniell.longport@gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:43:06 AM
> To: europa-list@matronics.com <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: Europa-List: Socket size of wheel nut
>
> Im being lazy. Does anyone know the size the main gear wheel nut? (In
recent maintenance involving several people mine disappeared, i suspect it t
ook a trip, as thing often do in that situation)
> Many thanks will
>
> William Daniell
> +1 786 878 0246
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