How do I center this nut?
- Thread starter paulmars
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There's high strength loctite that will be "permanent" without heat on that size fastener.
That doesn't look like a drive extension to me. If that's all you have then so be it.
Don't do this, more likely to leak.
Try calling a furnace tech.
Hohn
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I'm just still hung up on how terrible that design is.
I'm almost positive the filter on our fuel oil tank is not designed like that.
Maybe the best thing to do would be swap out the entire filter assembly so as to not have this issue again.
Maybe the best thing to do would be swap out the entire filter assembly so as to not have this issue again.
oldmachinenut
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I have been servicing these on my family’s and friends furnaces for over 50 years and never had that issue.
GENERAL FILTER Boiler Fuel Oil Filter 1A-25B - The Home Depot
The GENERAL OIL Replacement Cartridge for 1A25B COMPLETE. Cartridge replacement includes the washers and gasket. This replacement filter is made of 10-micron wool felt.
www.homedepot.com
DGersic
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I’m with Hohn on this. This design is fundamentally bad. Rather than try to work with a bad design, you should replace this with something that doesn’t ****.
Innovate1
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I don't see a 1/8". I did look it up and it seems they are made but very small. 1/4" is the smallest commonly available. The extension is marked 3/8" in the pic. Looks like 3/8 and 1/2. And some small flex handle - maybe 1/4".
Off the top of my head, that number looks correct as a replacement for our fuel oil tank.I have been servicing these on my family’s and friends furnaces for over 50 years and never had that issue.
GENERAL FILTER Boiler Fuel Oil Filter 1A-25B - The Home Depot
The GENERAL OIL Replacement Cartridge for 1A25B COMPLETE. Cartridge replacement includes the washers and gasket. This replacement filter is made of 10-micron wool felt.www.homedepot.com
Did it. Drilled out top hole from 0.390 to 0.451 to take rachet extension which is 0.450 dia.
Didn't use lock washer.
However it didn't work because of socket & extension wiggle. So then i drilled out upper lid hole from 0.451 to 0.466 and h6at gave lid enough wiggle room to fit flat.
Thanks all
Didn't use lock washer.
However it didn't work because of socket & extension wiggle. So then i drilled out upper lid hole from 0.451 to 0.466 and h6at gave lid enough wiggle room to fit flat.
Thanks all