I think I may have some old plug sockets stashed away somewhere that I
can modify.  The pawn shop is a good suggestion though.  They probably
have hundreds of spark plug sockets waiting for a good home.  BTW, someone was looking for a source for a 2-1/8" socket.  They may be
able to find one at a pawn shop.  I bought mine at Sears and paid about
$25 for it... ouch!  Mark S.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rotary motors in aircraft [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Charlie England
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 8:35 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Thin Wall Socket was Re: Flywheel nut

You might also try lawn & garden suppliers. Often, yard power tools come

with stamped sheet metal plug wrenches.

(My 1st choice would be a pawn shop, followed by a session on the
grinder.)

Charlie

Ed Anderson wrote:

 

Mark, Mazdatrix used to sell a thin wall socket just for that purpose - but, as I recall it was a bit pricey. You might try searching their web site.
Ed
Ed Anderson
Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
eanderson@carolina.rr.com <mailto:eanderson@carolina.rr.com>
http://members.cox.net/rogersda/rotary/configs.htm#N494BW
http://www.dmack.net/mazda/index.html

   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Mark R Steitle <mailto:mark.steitle@austin.utexas.edu>
   To: Rotary motors in aircraft <mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
   Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 11:47 AM
   Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Flywheel nut

   While we're discussing tools, can someone suggest a brand of spark
   plug socket that is thin enough to use with anything other than
   the standard rotary spark plugs? I tried the NGK Iridium plugs
   last weekend and had trouble getting a socket that would tighten
   them the final 1/8 turn. Rather than grinding down my current
   socket or modifying the rotor housings, I would like to purchase a
   thin-walled socket. Any suggested sources?

   Mark S.


   

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   From: Rotary motors in aircraft
   [mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On Behalf Of Dale Rogers
   Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 10:28 AM
   To: Rotary motors in aircraft
   Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Flywheel nut

   FWIW, Snap-On wrenches and sockets have offered that same
   feature - off-point bearing "flank drive" - for over 20 years.

   Dale R.
   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/

   

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