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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => 4 Wheel Drives => Topic started by: Buddy on May 26, 2011, 12:23:01 pm

Title: 4x4 socket
Post by: Buddy on May 26, 2011, 12:23:01 pm: Dont know the proper name but is there not a speacial socket for tightening the 4x4 nut in my front hub. if so are there different kinds or are they all the same. i have tried tightin it with a flathead but cant seem to get it tight enough.
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: VileZambonie on May 26, 2011, 01:07:33 pm: http://djvmerchandise.com/pro1305447.html
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: Blazin on May 26, 2011, 06:46:54 pm: there are a couple different sizes. Depending on if you have a 1/2 / 3/4 ton. or a 1 ton.
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: Buddy on May 26, 2011, 06:49:54 pm: I should have noted that sorry, I have a 1/2 ton
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: silverj on May 26, 2011, 08:11:38 pm: I have always gotten mine at autozone, and they look just as Vile posted.
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: beastie_3 on May 26, 2011, 08:13:10 pm: you can rent it for free at kragens/oreilleys
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: Blazin on May 26, 2011, 09:06:25 pm: If you need a tool more than once you should own it!
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: slammed79 on May 26, 2011, 10:06:39 pm: Quote from: Blazin on May 26, 2011, 09:06:25 pm
If you need a tool more than once you should own it!

Or do it right the first time! ;D

Sorry, feelin a bit saucy this evenin
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: Psycho71 on May 26, 2011, 10:31:22 pm: Agreed, just buy one. I bought the one labeled 1/2 ton, and the one labeled 1-ton because I didn't have mine apart yet. It turned out the one for the 1/2 ton worked on my 3/4ton. So the 1-ton is now around for a "just in case" use. I do hope to upgrade to 1-ton axles some day. hey, maybe that's a good justification to the wife, "but honey, I need those axles so i have something to use that socket on". Think she'll buy it?
Title: Re: 4x4 socket
Post by: Blazin on May 26, 2011, 10:43:58 pm: 1/2 and 3/4 ton are the same axle.