How to Choose a Socket for Rachet?

[lostinthelight]

From the number I picked up from the pic of the casing matches a Qualcast 12/30 QX scarifier , dont know if the bust one is the same number though.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/2642981118...HndwHPMbkyHLXCwTjG3Ap17Vi0l_5JZBoC4rsQAvD_BwE

 

[Foresty Forest]

I thought I'd clocked that part somewhere - you never know, the OP may get lucky.
Personally, I'd shock that nut off - the chances of twisting the tine shaft has to be pretty high if it hasn't been shifted for years.
John

How do you shock a nut off?

 

[Foresty Forest]

From the number I picked up from the pic of the casing matches a Qualcast 12/30 QX scarifier , dont know if the bust one is the same number though.


https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/2642981118...HndwHPMbkyHLXCwTjG3Ap17Vi0l_5JZBoC4rsQAvD_BwE

i just bought one - it looks the same, has the same number of teeth and measures the same. Worth a go.

 

[Burnerman]

I have a battery impact wrench - 1/2" drive - that takes sockets. This device gives an impact turning force that loosens tight nuts without stressing the shaft they are attached to.
If that doesn't work its out with the air wrench
John

 

[Burnerman]

i just bought one - it looks the same, has the same number of teeth and measures the same. Worth a go.

Can you determine what the thread is?
John

 

[Foresty Forest]

I have a battery impact wrench - 1/2" drive - that takes sockets. This device gives an impact turning force that loosens tight nuts without stressing the shaft they are attached to.
If that doesn't work its out with the air wrench
John

So basically, I'll give it a go without forcing it. If it requires more than a bit of force, I'll ask my 'engineery' neighbour if he can do it.

 

[Foresty Forest]

I wouldn't know how to determine the thread...

 

[Burnerman]

I just wondered if there was any specification concerning the part you've ordered - unless you can use the original nut, of course.
John

 

[lostinthelight]

A rule I usually go by is if you determin the way the gear turns, the nut should turn the same way to undo it but steady as she goes
Edit or are you not talking of the direction of undo

 

[JohnD]

How do you shock a nut off?

inertia

the impact driver tries to move the nut, while the shaft is standing still.

The heavier the shaft or other machinery, the better it works.

I have an old impact driver that you clout with a hammer, it has two parts with a steep thread and a weak spring.

 

[lostinthelight]

I just wondered if there was any specification concerning the part you've ordered - unless you can use the original nut, of course.
John

It looks as if the nut may be part of the gear

 

[Old Salt]

It looks as if the nut may be part of the gear

I thought so too, looks as if the old one has been pressed in which may explain why the original has broken. Got to be worth 6 quid to find out?

 

[conny]

Buy an adjustable wrench. Fits metric and imperial.

These should be banned under international health and safety law!
They change size every time you use one, they have a tendency to 'slightly' open when you are using them and give you grazed knuckles, or worse, for your troubles and the damned worm decides it's not going to turn without a great deal of effort from your finger and thumb!
I have only ever had good quality ones, (Bacho, Draper, Hilka, Wera etc even snap on), and it happens with all of them. Oh, and they also round off the nuts nicely over a period of time.

 

[^woody^]

These should be banned under international health and safety law!
They change size every time you use one, they have a tendency to 'slightly' open when you are using them and give you grazed knuckles, or worse, for your troubles and the damned worm decides it's not going to turn without a great deal of effort from your finger and thumb!
I have only ever had good quality ones, (Bacho, Draper, Hilka, Wera etc even snap on), and it happens with all of them. Oh, and they also round off the nuts nicely over a period of time.

It's all in the wrist

 

[conny]

Maybe my wrist is too strong for them then.