X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.70] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.0) with ESMTP id 1496005 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:20:59 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.70; envelope-from=Dastaten@earthlink.net Received: from [69.91.63.162] (helo=[192.168.0.3]) by elasmtp-banded.atl.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1Gc95o-0006OE-NM for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 23 Oct 2006 19:20:28 -0400 Message-ID: <453D4E06.2010708@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:19:34 -0500 From: David Staten User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (Windows/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Flywheel nut References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: 9a30bff84e6cb88f95c85d38d22416599ef193a6bfc3dd48887d50ba62a2e306bc553d36929e9f2cd16aef77543258d0350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 69.91.63.162 Thats all nice and dandy.. but I seriously doubt these guys make a 54 mm socket.. For the original poster, I bought mine from a tool truck as he was making the rounds to the garages where he sold to mechanics. Not cheap, and its not used a lot.. but it gets the job done. You may find what you are looking for in a surplus yard too, or even in a comprehensive auto parts store. Dave Donald Willard Garrett wrote: > Years ago, I stayed up watching one of those infomercial shows, and > made what turned out to be my favorite tool purchase ever. When they > got stolen from my car, I bought the deluxe set, and like it even > better. Rather than turning the corners of the nut, they cam onto the > face, meaning: > > 1. each socket / wrench does both metric and the nearest fraction of > an inch > 2. you can't strip a nut or bolt head with them > 3. you can turn a nut or bolt that's stripped almost round > > Additionally, I've used (abused) them with cheater bars, and am > confident that anything I can get a socket on I can either crack or > twist off the bolt (like the head bolt on a Chevy 454--oops). I've > pulled engines etc. foreign and domestic, and handed them over on > numerous occasions to jobsite crews when regular hex wrenches fail > (tool sacrifice--watched guys hang from them and hit them with > hammers) with zero failures. > > There you have it, of all the tools I own, the only ones I'd ever do a > commercial for! > > http://www.mitools.com/ > > Donald Garrett flyrotarynospam@avamail.net > > On 06.10.23 07:44:17, Thomas Phy (thomphy@msn.com) wrote: > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know the size socket needed to remove the flywheel nut on a > > Renesis? 2 1/8 " measures tight. And where has anyone bought said > socket? > > Thomas Phy > > Renesis finally in shop! > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: http://mail.lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/ >