Socket sizes for hubnut and diff bolts

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Rtaylor2208
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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:33 pm

Can anyone give me the socket size for the rear hub retaining nut and the best size socket for the drive shaft bolts where they connect to the diff. Search on my phone and real OEM is a PITA and ill be at halfords in about an hour.
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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:38 pm

I'll stand corrected but believe hub bolts are 36mm
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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 12:59 pm

bigwinn wrote:I'll stand corrected but believe hub bolts are 36mm
I believe the fronts are 36. I think the rears are either 30-32mm
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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 2:31 pm

Not atempted rear hubs,yet,but drive shaft to diff flange will be either a male torx bolt or an allen headed bolt,I have seen both types on similar aged E30!
Torx is an E14,I think,cannot remember the allen key size,but you will need either one that can be used with a conventional socket or a bloody long one!

If you have the Torx type bolts,throw them away and replace with either an allen headed bolt or a 'ordinary' bolt.
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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 3:03 pm

The diff bolts are the alan head type bit pretty rusty. I reckon the might need replacing.

I ran out of time to pick up any sockets today so if anyone has a definitive list so I can go tomorrow would be great.
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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 3:06 pm

Rtaylor2208 wrote:The diff bolts are the alan head type bit pretty rusty. I reckon the might need replacing.

I ran out of time to pick up any sockets today so if anyone has a definitive list so I can go tomorrow would be great.
I have a small set of allen sockets in a little metal box,one end fits the bolt,the other fits a 10mm socket!

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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:16 pm

Allan key bolt heads for the driveshafts are 8mm. The rear hub nuts are 30mm and the front hub nuts are 36mm.
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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:20 pm

the halfords allen key set, attached to a socket. Is well made and lifetime guaranteed - i use them all the time
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Post Sun Mar 31, 2013 11:34 pm

Cheers malc, bring your little metal box on the Scottish meet and we can check if you were right.

Thanks everyone else as well, off to halfords tomorrow as there the only place open and so far my halfords toolset hasn't let me down once so quality seems to be decent.
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Post Mon Apr 01, 2013 7:06 am

Plenty of heat on the bolts i used a heat gun it did a great job.socket with Allan key tapped in with hammer as above,then a metal tube for extra leverage on the ratchet.came off nicely for me :-)
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