96 Tracker axle nut wrench

[gorkyb]

that rumor at on ZUK forum , the guy must be doing 2wd, axle and is not at spec torque. sad.
you beat me buying it by 1hr. sorry you lost cash for rumors...
i wonder if the pins inside are T shaped, like nails, and the alum. alloy strong enough. only way to tell is cut the drive head off and extend it with alum. pipe.
on mine , 100k miles , the locking ring was at 200 lbs and took an impact gun to release it.
on my other 2 kicks it took less.

That's ok, no big deal, I only lost $4 for shipping.

This is the one I am working on so far. I took a scrap piece of flanged stainless steel pipe and put it on the lathe to make it the diameter it needs to be to fit into the axle housing. The pictures on your website with the ruler next to it were great help to help me get the overall measurements in the ballpark. I now have to reinforce all the welds to make it beefier and weld a socket on top which fits snug and has a 1/2" inlet for the torque wrench. I will then drill holes for the four dowel pins and I'm not sure yet how I'm going to fasten them to support the needed torque, I don't know if welding them will be enough, maybe I reinforce each pin with a couple of nuts on the back side and weld them together. I know it sounds like a lot of work, but these are scrap pieces I have laying around at work so I want to make them work. I refuse to spend over $50 on a socket but if this doesn't work I may just have to.