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remfanuk:
Hi

I am stripping the bevel drive so as to be able to get it cerakoted but am stuck on how to remove the bolts in the photos.  It feels like they are a 13mm but is still a bit sloppy.  A 12mm is too small.  How do I get these out without ruining them?  The gear is in the way so i cannot get a socket flat on them and the 13mm slipped off the bolt.

Thanks.

John A:
They should be 13mm. What brand of socket?  Maybe it’s a poor socket. In the Ambassadors tool kit there was a small Ford wrench with the handle shaped for a tire spoon. I found that to be a good tool for holding the spindle across the flats . I have some other Ford wrenches but that little one works the best. It’s not what you asked though. I have run across bolts that had the heads mis sized so maybe that’s it. I’d replace them. Maybe you can use an inch size, maybe half inch can be fit on with some tapping.

remfanuk:
my sockets are bahco and are usually spot on...but with the gear teeth in the way the socket will not go completely over the head of the bolt.  i tried the open end of a 13mm spanner/wrench and it just seemed to want to round itself off the bolt head.  again, not being able to get it flat/horizontal to the head the wrench is only partially seated.  i have got the drive in my vice so that prevents it from spinning, so at least got that bit sorted.  i am loathed to use some vice grips...irwin's i think...even though they are superb and never slide off what they are being used upon.  i dont have any imperial sockets.  am i missing some way of lifting the washer/spacer on the shaft which is what is preventing me getting the socket on the head fully?

pehayes:
Ah, smallblock rear drive.  Yes,  you should pull the bearing race off of the shaft.  That will give you a LOT more clearance for your socket.  Caution, hard to see, but the bearing race is retained on the shaft by a very thin wire split ring.  Hard to see, but look at  your image at about the 7:00 or 8:00 area above the bearing race and  you can see the tip end of the retaining ring.  That has to be prised out with a pick before  you can pull the bearing race.

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

remfanuk:
I pulled the roller bearing off the shaft okay...it's not in the photo.  do you mean the flange/spacer type thing you can see on the shaft in the photo?  if so, i had not looked how that was secured on there.  i think that might crack it as the roller bearing i took off the shaft was not secured by anything.  is the part you are referencing numbered in the photo below?

thanks

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