Perosnally, after first sheering the head off a sears 1/2 drive, (using a 
rented 36mm socket, 1/2 dirve), i decided to go ahead and spend the money 
on the 3/4 drive<my dad had given me a 3/4 36mm, but i didnt have 
anything to fit that..> flex handle...(their name, not mine..) that too 
was a returned i tem, with a sheered head..twisted right off...so i got 
the 20$ cheaper slide handle...a nice 5 or 10 foot cheat on that, and had 
no plroblems since..except for a little excess PSA, and stisted the gland 
nut apart..:(..luckilly, NOPI was still open..although, the first time i 
did my axel nuts, i borrowed from a friends dad a 3/4 drive to use with 
the socket..a 5 foot long TORQUE WRENCH. needless to say, i reset the 
torque the way it was supposd to be..oh well..enough rambling.

!.........................
                          The not so Keen one
       xi8940@freenet.fsu.edu                .........................!

On Wed, 8 May 1996, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote:

> 
> >in regards to the poundy thing (there must be a name for it (I call it a
> >poundimiform, actually), i also have a pair of sockets in the appropriate
> >sizes, 3/4 " drive, a slider breaker bar the same, also a converter to 1/2"
> >so  i can use it with the 1/2" ratchet or breaker bar, as the urge strikes,
> >but the poundymiform is cheaper to buy than that pile of stuff.
> 
> When an axle nut and I couldn't reach agreement, I went to a local welding
> shop and had them weld a 3/4" drive bit at right angles, to the end of a
> five-foot long, quarter-inch wall mild steel pipe. Haven't lost an argument
> with an axle nut since.   :^)
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