72mm 12 sided socket

[hiluxman]

Can't help wondering how they are measuring that 72 mm on a bi-hex hub nut

If I could lay my hands on mine I could tell you the exact size....I'm definitely not stripping down the current one to measure it tho .

I borrowed one for the first iveco but bought it for the 2nd or 3rd. I'm now on my 8th iveco so we'll worth buying it.

 

[V8Druid]

All the 2nd hand ivecos I've bought have had the hammer and chisle technique applied.

I did however buy one that fits but its not something I've easily to hand at the moment....long story.
It wasn't mega money to buy either, I know that much because otherwise I'd of not bought it. Probably an ebay special.

" The Iveco Daily 35 utilises a removable stub-axle on the front hubs. This stub-axle is held in place by a castellated ring nut - " interesting idea

 

[pettsy]

Various large hub nut sockets on this site, budget quality tools but should do the job

https://www.neilsentools.com/search?q=hub+nut+socket

 

[heritage machining]

2 7/8" is the same close enough seem to be about 100 quid on amazon

 

[heritage machining]

Genius Tools 1" Dr. 2-7/8" Hand Socket(12-Point) (CR-Mo) - 877092 https://amzn.eu/d/08KxPx1n like this?

 

[V8Druid]

2 7/8" is the same close enough seem to be about 100 quid on amazon

yeh I looked last night - I make it 40 thou. bigger - not a lot really

 

[6feetdown]

Genius Tools 1" Dr. 2-7/8" Hand Socket(12-Point) (CR-Mo) - 877092 https://amzn.eu/d/08KxPx1n like this?

Think I looked at that was a long del time

 

[DaveDCB]

Sometimes it’s easier to just let a dealer do the job who has the tool … especially given that said tool doesn’t seem to be available to buy for some reason?

 

[Brendan]

Sometimes it’s easier to just let a dealer do the job who has the tool … especially given that said tool doesn’t seem to be available to buy for some reason?

There is a lot of ivecos on the road and the 5t shares similar parts with the 3.5t, would safely assume as there is a huge lack of available sockets in that size, they can't have measured it properly

 

[DaveDCB]

Wouldn’t be the first time a manufacture decided to make a part which then needed a custom tool to remove it…
but I agree chances are its not 72mm…

 

[V8Druid]

Wouldn’t be the first time a manufacture decided to make a part which then needed a custom tool to remove it…
but I agree chances are its not 72mm…

Charlie Hodna is bloody good at that .... to get the injection pump off my Hodna powered pressure washer you need a spanner to fit a 5 sided bolt head - no need to ask me how I know

 

[bobthebuilder]

Charlie Hodna is bloody good at that .... to get the injection pump off my Hodna powered pressure washer you need a spanner to fit a 5 sided bolt head - no need to ask me how I know

did you make a spanner ?

 

[V8Druid]

did you make a spanner ?

remarkably I had an old Whitworth multipoint ring that fitted it perfectly very bloody lucky --- can never have enough tools

 

[heritage machining]

Found this it reckons the hub nut is m52 x 1.5 mm with a 67mm 12 point head

Pardon our interruption...

 

[6feetdown]

Found this it reckons the hub nut is m52 x 1.5 mm with a 67mm 12 point head

Pardon our interruption...

Going to have to get the wheel off and check the boys are adamant it is 72mm

 

[Canal Navvy]

I'd be very interested to know of a tool supplier who is prepared to make a one off at such a good price.
The £130 ish +vat sounds spectacularly good value

 

[hiluxman]

I'd be very interested to know of a tool supplier who is prepared to make a one off at such a good price.
The £130 ish +vat sounds spectacularly good value

There is one just a couple of miles from me...they will make alsorts of sockets to suit.

 

[DaveDCB]

There is one just a couple of miles from me...they will make alsorts of sockets to suit.

Making all these special 72mm sockets for Iveco.. when in fact they have the worlds supply locked up around the back in a shipping container

 

[hiluxman]

Making all these special 72mm sockets for Iveco.. when in fact they have the worlds supply locked up around the back in a shipping container

They made me a socket for the spazzy isuzu wheel nuts on a stud for the twin wheel grafter (what a s**t idea that is). Was cheaper than buying the wheel brace from isuzu.

 

[6feetdown]

I'd be very interested to know of a tool supplier who is prepared to make a one off at such a good price.
The £130 ish +vat sounds spectacularly good value

Via an engineering / fastening supplier local to me