Where to buy a 46mm socket? (1 Viewer)

[Dave-T]

I need a 46mm socket for my crankshaft pulley nut. My local Napa, hardwear store, Kragen, and Sears could not order it for me.

Any recommendations on where to get this thing?

Thanks.

 

[D'Animal]

I just picked one up at a flee market in Selma. It was a Black 1/2" Mac.



$10.00

 

[Dave-T]

$10, wow! Cheapest I could find it online was $25 plus, not counting shipping. What days does this flea market run? Did they have more?

I looked all over the ag show in Tulare for this socket. Actually I thought I might have run into you there, are you really a representative for Stihl? My favorite. Do you work out of that big building off 99?

Regarding this weekend I might be able to come down Sunday if you want some help with the engine. I'll let you know.

 

[gladly]

quick search for 46mm socket brought up this page
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=49912
which says that 1 13/16 will fit, but you may still have a problem finding one that is 1/2"drive

 

[D'Animal]

The selma flee market runs on sundays.

I could not believe that I found the socket. it was laying in a pile of other junk. The guy said he had that for about 2 years and nobody wanted to buy it.

I really work for STIHL. My office is in the big building off 99 in Visalia. I'm hardly ever there.

 

[rjcruiser]

Have you thought of using a pipe wrench? I think that there is a thread by bbalbano under the 40 series section that has a checklist of what is needed to remove this nut. It might help you out.

 

[Dave-T]

Have you thought of using a pipe wrench? I think that there is a thread by bbalbano under the 40 series section that has a checklist of what is needed to remove this nut. It might help you out.

Hey thanks, found the thread. I think my nut is to far recessed to get a pipe wrench on it though.

 

[Buckwheat]

I bought a Sears 3/4 drive 1&13/16 & that's when the fun began. Get the 3/4 to 1/2 adapter if you don't have it. (By the way, the socket also fits old VW bus rear axle nuts. Another useless fact.) That freaking nut is on there! I had to fabricate a holder to immobilize the pulley & used a cheater on the end of the breaker bar before I could budge that mofo. Some people use a chain wrench to hold the pulley but that scores it. You'll need a welder, a yoke of some sort, a couple pieces of short pipe, & a handle to fit to it to rig a holder. Run 2 bolts through the short pipes into the holes on the pulley, grab aholt to the handle to steady it, & wrench that nut off!

 

[bkfj40]

or you put the socket on and hit the starter - a few turns of the key and that baby comes off without any sweat...

work smarter, not harder...


bk

 

[Poser]

or you put the socket on and hit the starter - a few turns of the key and that baby comes off without any sweat...

work smarter, not harder...


bk

That is smarter...

 

[D'Animal]

or you put the socket on and hit the starter - a few turns of the key and that baby comes off without any sweat...

work smarter, not harder...


bk

Motor is locked up. Bumping starter will not work.