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Kirbot

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For some reason I was expecting to see these...
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But yeah, those are some flippin' big sockets!
 

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BIG Torq multipliers! Industrial job sights.

A few of the guys I train have been working at an industrial job where they have needed such big tools.
Before the job was finished, a couple of them would send me pics.
 

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I don't get the need for nuts that need a socket like that. Seems as though the tooling would be extremely expensive. Why not use a superbolt?

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Will have the same specs, but can be tightened by hand with a large ratchet.
 
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Here is a 4-5/8 I got on ebaby for 10.00 , cost 25.00 to ship. I use it as a door stop.
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Used to make custom order sockets like that for Matco at the shop I worked in. The last one I remember weighed about 58 lbs. Huge thing but was ordered with a 1" drive. We double checked that spec and still couldn't quite believe it. Shipped it out to somewhere in Alaska. No idea what we charged to make 'em, but always wondered.
 

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We use superbolts on split bull gears, but there isn't a large number of them. I'm betting its cheaper to have a hydraulic wrench and the neccesary sockets then outfitting a plant full of large pipe with superbolts.
 

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We use superbolts on split bull gears, but there isn't a large number of them. I'm betting its cheaper to have a hydraulic wrench and the neccesary sockets then outfitting a plant full of large pipe with superbolts.

I've never even heard of superbolts before, but I'm guessing those suckers are expensive
 

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We use superbolts on split bull gears, but there isn't a large number of them. I'm betting its cheaper to have a hydraulic wrench and the neccesary sockets then outfitting a plant full of large pipe with superbolts.

I've never even heard of superbolts before, but I'm guessing those suckers are expensive

I imagine you guys are right. Where I work doesn't use big sockets. We use superbolts. First time I heard of them was in the job interview. Looked online first to see if they were classified or not before posting them up. Didn't want to give anything away. :lol_hitti I want to grab a couple to put up for decoration.

I know their main advantages are that you can use hand tools to torque it down to spec, and it doesn't take all day to torque it down. With a big nut it takes quite a bit of time.
 

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A pretty big f/k/g impact wrench, that's for sure! :lol_hitti


Not really, you can do a lot of it with a 1" impact and a few adapters. Think the bolt off in the corner by the welding helmet is a bit less than 4" and the carrier bearing bolts on the driveshaft are around 4-1/2"

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Run 'em down with the impact and put the hytorc on for final torquing, which is going to take 5-10 minutes per bolt usually.


All of this is a repost from last week where I mentioned more about the hytorc used to tension those fasteners.
 

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Sheez. You guys are schooling me on this stuff. I am intrigued by these superbolts. G-13 classified type stuff. I Iike it!
 
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