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Today I found necessity is truly the mother of invention.
I've been trying to get a grease zerk in my lower a-arm for almost a week off and on. The PO damaged the one it had and didn't realize it until I tried to use it. It's just so tight there was no room for a ratchet, and I could get a ratcheting box wrench on it, but just couldn't turn it.
So today used a set of socket spinners I've had for 30 years and have never found a use for until now. I tried using a short 3/8" to 1/4" adapter on the socket with the spinner on, but again it was just too long. I thought about way to attach the spinner to the socket and I came up with this.
I drilled the center of the socket out and used a 14" x 20 tap and slowly tapped it. Cut off a 1/4" bolt and made this. Worked great. Was just enough to get one thread and then use an end wrench to tighten it. Then I was able to use a 90 degree grease adapter to shoot some grease into the fittings.
I'm rather proud of myself about now for this little "victory". Especially after fighting it for so long. One more thing checked off my "long" to do list.
Ok, back to your regular programming
I've been trying to get a grease zerk in my lower a-arm for almost a week off and on. The PO damaged the one it had and didn't realize it until I tried to use it. It's just so tight there was no room for a ratchet, and I could get a ratcheting box wrench on it, but just couldn't turn it.
So today used a set of socket spinners I've had for 30 years and have never found a use for until now. I tried using a short 3/8" to 1/4" adapter on the socket with the spinner on, but again it was just too long. I thought about way to attach the spinner to the socket and I came up with this.
I drilled the center of the socket out and used a 14" x 20 tap and slowly tapped it. Cut off a 1/4" bolt and made this. Worked great. Was just enough to get one thread and then use an end wrench to tighten it. Then I was able to use a 90 degree grease adapter to shoot some grease into the fittings.
I'm rather proud of myself about now for this little "victory". Especially after fighting it for so long. One more thing checked off my "long" to do list.
Ok, back to your regular programming