Subaru Tools - what do i need?
- vincentvega
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Subaru Tools - what do i need?
I am ordering a few bits and pieces from Kincrome this week. the main ones are:
metric / AF 1/2" drive socket set
metric / AF combo spanner set
hex key set
and some other stuff.
Are there any specific sizes of spanner and socket i want for working on subarus? So far working on my car i have needed 8,10,12,14,17,19,22mm. What size are the hub nuts on a liberty? 32mm?
Are there any other tools you guys would recommend i look at?
Any advice appreciated. Thanks
metric / AF 1/2" drive socket set
metric / AF combo spanner set
hex key set
and some other stuff.
Are there any specific sizes of spanner and socket i want for working on subarus? So far working on my car i have needed 8,10,12,14,17,19,22mm. What size are the hub nuts on a liberty? 32mm?
Are there any other tools you guys would recommend i look at?
Any advice appreciated. Thanks
- Ben
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I wouldn't bother with AF sockets, they are just an added expense and mine only ever get used on the lawnmower.
The 'kit' I take on trips with me, which is enough to change an engine is
10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 36 sockets
1/2" Breaker bar
1/2 drive ratchet and short extension
10,12,14,17,19 spanner - first three are ratchet spanners
no 3 phillips head screwdriver
8mm flat blade screwdriver
Pliers
Side cutters
roll of leccy tape
I can fit all this in my 'Toyota' tool roll and it fits great into the L tool well, or spare of the liberty. I don't carry a wheel brace as that is covered with the 19mm socket
That's pretty much it. I don't even use much else than that when working on the car. Ratchet spanners are the best invention anywhere ever.
The 'kit' I take on trips with me, which is enough to change an engine is
10, 12, 14, 17, 19, 36 sockets
1/2" Breaker bar
1/2 drive ratchet and short extension
10,12,14,17,19 spanner - first three are ratchet spanners
no 3 phillips head screwdriver
8mm flat blade screwdriver
Pliers
Side cutters
roll of leccy tape
I can fit all this in my 'Toyota' tool roll and it fits great into the L tool well, or spare of the liberty. I don't carry a wheel brace as that is covered with the 19mm socket
That's pretty much it. I don't even use much else than that when working on the car. Ratchet spanners are the best invention anywhere ever.
- vincentvega
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i used an M6 bolt to punch out the cv shaft pins.
Afterwards i made a better punch by using an old screwdriver that had a 6mm shaft and hacksawed it in half...
Cant wait till the forum gets back into the swing of things.
I have lots of questions coming up...
Afterwards i made a better punch by using an old screwdriver that had a 6mm shaft and hacksawed it in half...
Cant wait till the forum gets back into the swing of things.
I have lots of questions coming up...
- hughybabes
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- johnarentz
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I ended up buying a whopping great 36mm spanner...36mm ring at one end, the rest being a round bar. It was cheaper than buying 3/4 or 1 inch bars and socket, plus you can increase the leverage by slipping a bit of gal pipe over the bar end if you need to. I paid about $60 which I thought was reasonable. It works well and is harder to misplace than a socket.jono wrote:If you have a 36mm socket for what I think you have it for, get a coupla half inch breaker bars - just in case. Many have broken 1/2 inchers
Better still get a 3/4" breaker bar and ensure the 36er is a 3/4 " hole
and then there is that certain size pin punch for cv shafts
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I'd go the Supercheap pin punch set....makes it easier to start the roll pin on its way, then the phillips head screw driver to push it the rest of the way out - I just flattened the end with the angle grinder - that was suggested somewhere else on the old board - works brilliantly and is really cheap....and don't forget some kind of a hammer.