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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

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 AF stuff is for working on my boat motor, its all AF. handy for mowers and stuff too. I am trying to assemble a good general tool kit. Its just most of the work i do is on subies

I might have to check out how much the ratchet spanners are instead of buying a combo set.

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

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...

BFH (big %^$E%$E hammer) and a roll of gaffa tape

Seriously, I'd get metric spanners, metric sockets, 3/4 breaker bar and 36 mm socket and a set of screw drivers. Hammer would help too.

Hey Mecha.....where did you get the metric ratchet rings? Ive tried Supercheap and Autobarn but they only stock AF ones.

Silcone and a rivet.

But seriously, a deep socket 12mm if you ever need to do a clutch bush or cable.

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

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.



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.