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I have current that need a nut removed. It is either a 46mm or a 1-13/16" so which socket I should the cheaper SAE or metric one? I do know it should be a six point at least.

Not sure which is cheaper but i bought the Tekton brand large deep 1/2" socket set. Very happy with them.

If it were me is the equipment you’ll be using it on basically a metric or SAE? Which ever would tell me with one to purchase, don’t want the possibility of rounding off the nut. Second, with that size I would definitely go with an impact socket.

46mm might be easier to find. It's what was used on VW bus axle nuts for decades. You might even be able to find an older auto mechanic who has one he only uses now to press bearings who will loan/rent/sell it to you.

The equipment is a hybrid version. SAE used on the deck but metric used on the spindles and drive hub.

But this was a mental test. You guys failed somewhat.

I just wasn't willing to buy a 46mm at $60 locally plus pay shipping as no auto parts house had either version in stock This just one of those sockets they charge you extra for being stupid. I end getting the socket for $21 from Amazon with free shipping by knowing they are the same socket.

I did go with an impact version as I driving it with 1300 ft/lb impact.

I must have passed with flying colors, because many on this forum think I have a mental problem, so mental test are easy. When I come across anything larger than 1.5” I dig out my dads 4’ pipe wrench, he was a pipe fitter, and I also have his 36” wrench he got from our neighbor who was a train mechanic.

I do have an antique monkey wrench would have worked except it don't fit inside things. You just use another wrench to tighten it. That's why I had to buy a 38mm (1-1/2) thin wall deep well back in January for a Scag spindle.



I still got a hang up on this Bush Hog finishing mower. Darn online vendor had the wrong size posted for the seal. Considerable difference between 40x80x10 and 55x80x10. Knew I had the wrong one as soon as I got the pulley off. And that seal retaining ring a pain to get out too. It had a bevel cut one way on one end and the other way on the other end. My normal way of getting them out would not work as I couldn't grip both ends being an inside ring.

Normally I see them this way.

Not this way.

36” wrench

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That is what I use for tweeking decks tat the owners have mistaken for dozer blades

StarTech said:

I have current that need a nut removed. It is either a 46mm or a 1-13/16" so which socket I should the cheaper SAE or metric one? I do know it should be a six point at least.

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If you didn't get a socket already, Oreily's auto loans out large impact wrench sockets. I borrowed one to take off my truck's front wheel bearing.

upupandaway said:

If you didn't get a socket already, Oreily's auto loans out large impact wrench sockets. I borrowed one to take off my truck's front wheel bearing.

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OH it isn't like I didn't tried them. The local store nor Advance had one in stock for loaning. Matter of fact I purchase the last set I borrowed from Advance at half price.

always go metric, because everything is metric now

If they have the size you need inside a set, I've found harbor freight to have decent sockets for cheap.

Muhammad said:

If they have the size you need inside a set, I've found harbor freight to have decent sockets for cheap.

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Yes they do have good impact sockets. But the problem is like with nearly all tool suppliers. After reach a certain size or need a size that is not in socket sets it becomes nearly impossible to find them. And boy I hate getting a set that skips sizes. Getting into the 2"-3" range probably soon and they are even worst about skipping sizes. I am gradually building a complete set of sockets. The 46mm (1-13/16) is not in any set that I have looked at. What I am now missing the sockets in the twenty to thirty mm. I got the 32-38 set. Just added the 46mm (1-13/16) one as I needed it for a finish mower repair.

It sorta like the metric wrench set I got the goes from 8mm to 30mm without skipping a size. And the last couple years I had to use the wrenches in the 20-30 range on JD mowers from that set.

It is just frustrating having to piece together tool sets but I am also catching them of price gouging when they think you don't know the difference.

We have a Habitat for Humanity Restore here which I try to frequent about every two weeks. You will be surprised by what you will find there for prices that you won’t beat anywhere.

Rivets said:

We have a Habitat for Humanity Restore here which I try to frequent about every two weeks. You will be surprised by what you will find there for prices that you won’t beat anywhere.

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There used to be a place here that people and companies could drop off all kinds of stuff like electronics, building materials, surplus from jobs etc. Stuff was basically free. I had to quit going there as i suffer from a condition called packratitis. Brought home a buch of stuff i will probably never use.

Hammermechanicman said:

There used to be a place here that people and companies could drop off all kinds of stuff like electronics, building materials, surplus from jobs etc. Stuff was basically free. I had to quit going there as i suffer from a condition called packratitis. Brought home a buch of stuff i will probably never use.

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HH\Salvation Army has a cure for your problem. It is called a price tag. One of the side affects from this treatment tends to be Frustration- typically with the phrase 'you want this much for this piece of sI#I?'.

As always, nothing is perfect as Salvation Army left a Ariens Snowblower out back when i drove by back in the 90's to where I like you Hammer, I relapsed picking it up. I wish i brought it down to Tx as it would have come in handy last week.

Rivets said:

We have a Habitat for Humanity Restore here which I try to frequent about every two weeks. You will be surprised by what you will find there for prices that you won’t beat anywhere.

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I like to give things to them as well as buy. Right now I have a few fluorescent light ballasts to give them. A lot of the time you'll find brand new stuff there.