i am in the preocess of removing the tranny (yesterday and today) i tried a 32 MM socket and it was too small is it a 35 MM????? i was looking in one of the tranny writeups and it said 32 MM, but the socket dont fit!!!!! what size is it????? i have a VG auto if that helps

 

its 36mm

~Alex

 

thanks alot man...they must be a deep well also i suppose?? <---dumb question

 

idk. I picked up a 36mm socket and w/e was on the shelf worked. It was like 3 or 4 in long. I guess its a deep well but I couldnt imagine ever wanting a short socket for those size nuts.

~Alex

 

Rent it at idiotzone...

 

i dunno... i might break it... i broke about six 12 MM sockets (they were cheap ones) but it was funny that i just cracked the socket....i might do that.....im gonna ask a buddy of mine if he has a 36 MM impact socket for an impact wrench since he works with big machinery

 

Jeese dude. Just get some brand name ones. Like craftsman, husky, ampro, etc etc. you just have to buy one for life unless you screw up. No need to deal with that cheap garbage. And get your self some PB blaster. It makes liquid wrench useless, as with some time PB blaster will get nearly anything unstuck

~Alex

 

yeah.. im using old sockets and stuff....so i have an excuse to go out and buy some new ones.....ohh and i got like 3 cans of PB blaster....that stuff works great!!!!

 

You won't break the autozone one..They are of very good quality...And if you are going to be successful in doing this job you really need to buy some good tools..They will pay for themselves many times over in the future..

This set cost me about $120.I've had it for 3 yrs. now and have used the **** out of it and nothing has broke..

 

I had a set like that. but they stole it with my radio
they got good tools, but a CD playerless radio.

 

i have a set like that...but it only goes up to 32MM and its not deep

 

for the large oddball sizes like axle nuts, just buy/rent the sockets as needed. they're about $10-15 to buy at Sears and you won't break them, trust me. those sockets are just as strong as the axles you're removing. no need for impacts, but you can if you really want to pay the extra money. I've got a pretty meam impact wrench (600ft-lb), and no problems with the standard chrome sockets in anything above 17mm.

and you don't need a deep socket either for the axles.

 

ok....i th0ought i needed deep sockets because the 32 MM i had wasnt going on far enough.....(i know it was the wrong size)

 

craftsman tools are lifetime warranty. break it and exchange it.

 

yeah i know...same as husky..snap-on and some more....but i broke ones that were non craftsman and all them lifetime warrenty tools....and i do have a craftsman set like the one above, but it only goes up to 32 MM and i asked a buddy and i used a 1 1/2 INCH socket (i think) and i got the bolts off...they were on tight as hell!!!!! well thanks for the input again guys!!!! big help

 

Craftsman like snap-on allows you to exchange them where they were purchased new
unlike the all-trade brand type lifetime warranty, they want you to mail it back to all-trade to get it warrantied