4 1/2 inch DRIVE impact sockets?

[MikeF2316]

those are some pretty cool pictures, is that a freaking turbocharger on that motor

Yes. A turbocharger is almost standard equipment on modern diesels.

 

[Jbullfrog]

Most of the impacts above 1" drive are hydraulic.

 

[kulpjeeper]

Hex fasteners this size are pretty much obsolete. Where I work Superbolts are used on many of the large diameter hight torque applications.

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[Jarhead0408]

Had to Google "Superbolts." Those are pretty neat. I would hate it if some jerk decided that ALL bolts had to be secured with a series of smaller ones. Looks real useful and secure on the big stuff. It'd be a pain on the little things. I could almost see Dodge doing some **** like that though as a way to keep people within warranty terms.

 

[General Geoff]

Had to Google "Superbolts." Those are pretty neat. I would hate it if some jerk decided that ALL bolts had to be secured with a series of smaller ones. Looks real useful and secure on the big stuff. It'd be a pain on the little things. I could almost see Dodge doing some **** like that though as a way to keep people within warranty terms.

Looks useful for stuff that requires torques over, say, 500 foot pounds. Would be very nice for companies dealing with this stuff to not have to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars in special heavy duty hydraulic tools, though if these "Superbolts" cost as much as the specialty tools they replace for a large engineering project, that may defeat much of its appeal.

 

[logikal]

How do you turn a big nut? Easily, with an even bigger wrench!

 

[toolmaven]

Biggest I've seen and actually handled is a 7-5/8" Williams open end. This was the largest non-special size in their catalog in the 40's. The place that had it let me pick it up and hold it, at 150 pounds. I use that shot for my profile picture. Sloss Furnace has 12" or so opening wrench 5 or 6 feet long for something in the old blast furnace machinery, I've been there too, but it is too heavy to move by hand. Similar to the one in Logikal's picture.

 

[Dmoen]

Snap on had some large drives listed on website one time. Thought they were 4 1/2. Well over 50g for a small set. Nuts

 

[RedneckWelder]

Snap on had some large drives listed on website one time. Thought they were 4 1/2. Well over 50g for a small set. Nuts

Big toys cost big money when they go down. Every second a machine is down is lost revenue. A sharp equipment owner will know how much every minute , nevermind hour, of downtime is costing him. 50 g for tooling to fix something is nothing

 

[Dmoen]

Nothing comes free!

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