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Offline Allflatblack

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Cheap pin socket?
« on: January 12, 2015, 08:44:59 PM »
Hey guys, is there a cheap alternative to the $57 pin socket you need in order to remove the transmission input spline shaft nut? I can imagine grinding away an old socket to a four tooth pin socket, or welding hard rod to one. But maybe it is a waste of time? You would think that there was a source for this type of tool on the web, I see four slot nuts everywhere. I usually get away with a punch and hammer.

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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2015, 03:04:10 AM »
Part of previous life I was a tool maker ( some would say , just a Tool😃) Can you post a pic of the nut your trying to remove ?
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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2015, 04:44:18 AM »
Do you mean like this/


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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2015, 07:29:47 AM »
This post isn't going to be of much help but I purchased mine and I know I didn't pay any $57.00.  The problem is I don't know who I purchased it from.  ::(  :BEER:
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Re: Cheap pin socket?
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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2015, 07:37:27 AM »
I believe guzzitech has it for 37.00.  go to Guzzi Tech under other bits and see if it's the tool you are looking for.
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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2015, 09:33:43 AM »
Yeah!!!

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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2015, 10:54:18 AM »
The problem with making things myself is that I do a great job, and four hours later I have my tool and saved $30, but could have made $160 in that time. Trying to wean myself off the old farmer way of thinking that I was raised on. Now if I owned a nice little milling machine....

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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2015, 11:05:47 AM »
Steve makes stuff like that.
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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2015, 02:22:11 PM »
Yes some good tools there. Even at $57 , that's very cheap, just buy one  ;-T
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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2015, 02:46:26 PM »
Kevin, that Scrambler cycle tool looks like a nice addition to the toolbox. It looks like you turn it by sticking a rod in the hole, correct? Isnt there instances where you need to use a torque wrench to properly tighten those fasteners, during engine/tranny assembly?
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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #11 on: January 13, 2015, 03:07:44 PM »
Yes you just stick round tommy bar of some sort into the hole.

Couple of options I guess as far as torque. Some spec these nuts that you torque them till you fart (http://wildguzzi.com/forum/index.php?topic=70690.30), others try to hit the spec. If one wanted to you could cut the tool shown above in half and weld suitable sized cut down socket inside. I would not use an impact gun for removal or installation though. Not that these tools are fragile but they are pretty exact and have a tight fit. A rattle gun might compromise that a bit. What I like about the tool is that it is 2 tools in one for the 2 different size ring nuts.

As of today am I now out of stock of this tool and they are backordered from supplier.

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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2015, 05:31:51 PM »
I ordered the two in one tool from scrambler, will report back.

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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2015, 08:04:47 AM »
Bought and used the socket three times. Once to install the new deep spline input shaft and then to take it off to use the shaft as a clutch alignment tool, then to reinstall the input shaft. Works well, but with a tendency to rock and bend the tangs.

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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2015, 08:09:30 AM »
but with a tendency to rock and bend the tangs.

Which is why I use a punch to get off the old nut, then replace it with a more normal nut like the output shaft. No need for the odd nut.
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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2015, 12:29:18 PM »
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Which is why I use a punch to get off the old nut, then replace it with a more normal nut like the output shaft. No need for the odd nut.

What is the point of using a special nut? Why not a regular hex or maybe a nyloc nut.

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Re: Cheap pin socket?
« Reply #16 on: January 20, 2015, 07:53:24 AM »
I'm surprised that a normal but would fit. The clearance between the outside of the but and the inside of the sprockets is super tight

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