$0.00 Axle Nut Socket

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I recently dug into my front axles hubs and came across that axle nut. I knew you could buy them so I checked the price and $30 was to much for a one time use. So I took a piece of pipe, keyway stock, and a nut. (All scrap metal laying around) I welded that to the pipe and tried it on the nut, well all the tabs from the key stock bent and twiested to I took some flat iron and bent it around the keys, and welded them tight. Tried it again and it worked like a charm. It certainly isn't going to win the beauty contest, but it gets the job done at the right price. This cost me absolutely nothing directly.

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$30 from where? i just bought one last weekend for $10
 

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They're around that price at the parts stores around here too. I usually make a tool when I can but the nut being back in the spindle, I just went ahead and bit the bullet and bought one.
 

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Wow talk about rigging something up. lol whatever gets the job done though. thumbs up!
 

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Gee ****, that's got to be one of the ugliest tools known to man. But, if it works, that's all that matters :)
 

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Wow talk about rigging something up. lol whatever gets the job done though. thumbs up!

Gee ****, that's got to be one of the ugliest tools known to man. But, if it works, that's all that matters :)

He did that on purpose. It's very functional. This one get's left out in the driveway on accident, it'll still be there in the morning. Whatever you do, don't paint the damn thing. It'll get stolen.
 

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