Recent content by DB26

Wow. What a great community! Thanks for all the quick, informative responses. I’ve read through them and saw your tips and suggestions. For context, this is for use on 100+ year old railroad track bolts. I wanted a socket or wrench to keep the marring/damage down to a minimum. I have a project...

I’m looking for 1 - 5/8 8 point socket. Doesn’t have to be nice. There’s one on eBay for $50. I’m hoping to spend half that. Shipping would be to zip 91010. Thanks

You’re right. I went and remeasured with a tape measure. It is 1 5/8. The ruler I was using has a bit of wear in the corner and I didn’t notice. But with that being said: 1 11/16 is technically too large to fit, but it’s still too small to fit on the square nut. I assume that’s because of it...

Thank you for the quick reply. Any idea which size to go up to on the 12 point? I bought the one in the photo and I’ll have to buy the next. I also have my eye on a 1 11/16 8 point socket. I’m sure that’ll work, right?

Hello everyone. I have a square nut that I’m trying to find a wrench or socket for. I measured it at 1 11/16 inches and bought a 12 point slug wrench listed at 1 11/16, but they don’t come close. Obviously I messed up somewhere. Can anyone help me out? Thanks

Thanks for your replies everyone. On the note that it might be okay. You might be right. This is the jacks problem: You’ll notice the jack works downward fine until the cam gets pushed too far over for some reason and then the jack falls completely down…with weight on it. I assume it’s...

Hello everyone. I’m new! My name is Robert and I’m from the Los Angeles area. I just bought this 1920s Walker 740 mechanical jack and found out my reversing cam is bent. Does anyone have a spare? Thanks