1-11/16-Inch Deep Impact Socket

[Mike Timm]

Does anyone happen to have a 1-11/16" deep impact socket? I need to remove a clothes washer tub nut.

[Stephen Beck]

I can borrow one from work...I also may have a 1 inch drive socket in that size but it's not deep well...

Does it need to be half inch drive?

I have a crescent wrench that opens up that big, would that work?

Steve

On Jun 27, 2016 1:10 PM, "Mike Timm" <tav...@tavshed.com> wrote:

Does anyone happen to have a 1-11/16" deep impact socket? I need to remove a clothes washer tub nut.

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[Kevin Fusselman]

If it's like the washer I disassembled, it's gotta be a socket, since there's no good way to hold the drum to apply torque. Thus the "impact rated" requirement...

It's a bit like unbolting the top nut on a car's strut.

[Mike Timm]

Thanks for the reply. There is a center piece that produces about 1 1/2" through the center of the nut so I hope deep well does the trick. I went ahead and ordered one off Amazon that should arrive tomorrow since the local stores I called don't stock them. I was out of town last week and of course the thing broke down the day I left so the family has been without a washer for 10 days and my wife is ready to get a new one if I can't get fixed quickly. I would have preferred to borrow, but time is of the essence.

[Nate]

I'm assuming you checked the cheap sockets at Harbor Freight already?

[Kevin Fusselman]

I checked that myself (my first thought too), but it looks like most of their "biggest" [size] sets end at 1.5" (and go in 1/8" increments)... Notably that set costs $94 for 10 sockets...

[Stephen Beck]

For exotic stuff you would do better in the tool section at Sol's than you would at harbor freight...

[Mike Timm]

No, neither of those places crossed me mind

[Mike Timm]

The socket arrived and is too wide to fit in the open and reach the nut. Unlike all the YouTube videos I can find where the nut is sitting above the basket, mine sits inside of a little cavity.

I tried an adjustable nut wrench, but can't get it secure enough since it is just the tips that are touching. They made this hard to reach.

GE model is GTWN8250D0WS if you have any ideas, they'll be greatly appreciated.

[David Knaack]

How much too wide is it? If you're not especially protective of the socket you could probably turn it down in the lathe. I wouldn't use it to take any truck spindle nuts off after that, but it would be fine for the tub.

[Stephen Beck]

I don't even know that I would bother with the lathe if it wasn't at home. Grind the socket down some on the bench grinder and get after it. I could still check with the tool room here at work to see what the outside clearance of what we have is but they are closed for the day. Can check in the morning...

Steve

[Mike Timm]

The sole purpose of this socket is for the tub. I'll have to take the exact measurements, but I'm guessing it'll make it awful thin.

[David Knaack]

Judging by the photo you've got maybe 1/3" clearance between the nut and the crenelated spanner-nut-looking thingy.

Seems like turning or grinding it down should be doable.

Also, you could maybe make a spanner to hold that outer bit and then use a lighter non-impact socket, they are usually thinner and might fit better.

Or if a regular socket fits, just use the impact driver on it. They usually doesn't shatter the first few times. Safety gear as meets your personal risk tolerance level.

 

[Stephen Beck]

I agree with Dave. Just remember that they had to put the thing together at the factory somehow and usually the tools at the factory are not impossibly thin because they want them to last long enough to build a few thousand of these.

Steve

[Mike Timm]

Thanks, I'll take a look at those options.

[Kevin Fusselman]

Also, at Menards... The bigger drive might make it  deep enough, even in a "short" socket... Out of stock at Elkhorn.

[Mike Timm]

Well, it looks like a deep socket is required. And, the manual saying 1-11/16 was incorrect. The socket in the pic is 1-5/16.

[David Knaack]

[David Knaack]

Only half kidding. You'd have to have the spanner though.

That's a much smaller socket though, easier to find?

[Kevin Fusselman]

I've actually done the thing that Dave suggests... Big channellocks...

[Mike Timm]

Do you think it will clamp down enough to the socket?

[Jay Bendon]

lowes is gonna charge you out the nose for this: http://www.lowes.com/pd/Sunex-Tools-1-2-in-Drive-1-5-16-in-Deep-6-Point-Standard-SAE-Impact-Socket/4374435

Maybe you can find one at harbor freight or an auto parts store.

actually now that i think about it you can probably borrow/rent a set from oriellys.

--Jay

[Daniel Pfile]

If you use a pipe wrench like Dave sent an image of it should, as long as the teeth bite in. The harder you push, the harder it clamps. I've used them to remove stripped bolts several times (without a socket), even using a hammer on the wrench. Channel locks will require a lot of grip strength. Both will destroy the chrome on your socket.

I also found this thing, but it may not be the right part for your washer: http://www.appliancepartspros.com/pro-spanner-wrench-tj90tb123a-ap4503397.html

[Mike Timm]

Harbor freight deep socket maxes out at 1-1/4. I'm going to check Sol's and O'Reilly.

[Stephen Beck]

See attached photo. Call me when you get tired of looking.

402-689-7140

Steve

[Mike Timm]

Sol's, O'Reilly, and Northern Tool don't have. Snap On does, but they want $59.

I'll be giving you a call.

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[Russ H]

I have a 34mm deep impact socket you are welcome to borrow. It's outside diameter is 1.196". It is 1/2 inch drive.

402-346-3841

Russ Halbert

[Mark Finley]

For a spanner on the outer nut -

You can hold a considerable amount of counter-torque with a 1" thick hardwood board spanner

Draw concentric circles around a center mark near one end of the board

Outer circle is to position "pins" to lock into the slots in the outer nut

Use something like a 1/4 20 bolt and grind down the end 1/2 inch  if needed to fit the slots

Cut a square of cardboard like a cereal box to make an imprint of the outer nut - cut a hole for the shaft, hold the cardboard from shifting and tap with a small hammer to make an imprint to use to mark for "pins" to engage the nut

Tape the imprint to the board

Carefully mark with an awl and drill the holes for the "pins" with a drill press and keep the bore tight

Use a holesaw or jigsaw to cut the inner circle to clear the socket.

Use the pipe wrench on socket opposing the braced/clamped wooden spanner 

Torque it up and give the pipe wrench a booster smack with a bonkbonk (big hammah)

May the force be ...

.... sufficient

[Mike Timm]

Stephen lent me a 1-5/16 deep socket and that did the trick. Thank you for all the ideas and Stephen for lending the socket.