quote:Originally posted by SteveBuchanan:
The tool seems to hold torque without a problem. Here you see it in the press. Along with the setup in this picture, I am using a floor jack handle as an extension to the breaker bar. The tool is holding steady and it looks like my ½” breaker bar will fail before the tool breaks.
I am wondering if sufficient torque has been applied to the axle nut at this point. The breaker bar along with the extension have an accumulated length of 48 inches. What do you guys think? Does this suffice?
The weak spot(s) on the tool shown are the welds holding the key-stock to the pipe. High-carbon steel (like key stock) doesn't weld well. Our POCA Chapter made one up in which the keys were brazed and that lasted for years before a key finally broke. If you clearance the pipe for a std axle nut and braze the keys inside it, you have a home-made socket that doesn't need a press to hold it in position.