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The body bolts I believe are 11/16 or 3/4 hex. With the splash aprons and rear leaf spring being in the way I doubt this would be very useful on the body bolts even if it were the correct size. Stephen Thanks for taking into account not just the size, but the purpose/ limitations of the tool design...

Steve Jelf wrote: ↑

Fri May 06, 2022 11:49 pm

The only ¹⁵⁄₁₆ I can think of are drain plugs, rear wheel nuts, and (I think) under-axle wishbone nuts. None of them have bolts.

appreciate it.

Jeff Hood wrote: ↑

Fri May 06, 2022 10:15 pm

Many large oil or water pipes are connected with flanges with 8, 12, 16, or more bolts. This could have been used to run these bolts down before the final torque was applied. 15/16 nut and bolt head is 5/8 bolt.

Thanks. I'll have to follow up on this.

Right. The 9/16" and 1/2" sizes of this style tool were marketed for the Model T originally, that's where I started from.

Let me rephrase that....I'm not asking what these kinds of tools are normally for, and in my original post I mentioned the crankcase and 9/16". There was a 1/2" size, apparently for rear axle work too. I've seen these by Blackhawk and Walden Worcester and probably others too. The issue with this par...

Hi. 15/16? Thanks.

I'm sure most of you have seen one of these speeders that were designed to hold a bolt and spin the nut at the same time though you probably didn't see it in this brand....Anyway, I usually run into them in 9/16" crankcase? or 1/2". This one is 15/16". Any ideas about what it could be used for? ie. ...