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I am trying my best to get the left rear hub nut off of my BT7. I got the right rear off ok a month ago. I read that one side turned backwards. Any idea on which way the LR turns? I forgot which way I turned the RS.

My tool from England has gotten buggered enough that it does not really grip well now. Maybe I tried to turn the nut the wrong way and damaged it.

Does anyone know where I can buy a 2 and 13/64 socket?

Thanks Scott
In Northern Va.
 
Hub nut... the knockoffs you mean? LH side turns counterclockwise to loosen. I've got the standard two-ear knockoffs on mine, and when I first got the car, I had one stuck... had to strap a 4 ft long piece of wood onto one of those wooden wrenches to get enough leverage. Sounds scary, but it came loose no problem.

2-13/64 is just shy of 56mm... you're probably better off finding a 56mm socket instead. You'll get lots of choices with a Google search. But if you're talking about the octagonal safety knock-offs... a 6 pt. socket won't work on those. You'll have to get the correct octagon knockoff wrench from one of the online specialty places.

~Robert
 
Hi Scott, E-Bay usually has that wrench Or British tools that advertise here on this forum. If you are desperate a chisel can be used to loosen it. However, depending on its tightness you may have to replace it with new one.--Fwiw--Keoke
 
The hub nut (not the knockoff) on the left rear is reverse threaded on an MGB. I've never worked on the hub of my Healey. The MGB hubs are threaded so that forward rotation of the wheels tends to tighten the nut.
 
Tim I think what you said was what i was looking for. I think I turned it the wrong way and messed up the hub removal tool.

Thanks Scott
 
You can get a 2 13/64 socket from Grainger, McMaster Carr etc. I purchased one 2 months ago. The Nuts are marked LH & RH to help also identify thread type as well as which axle side their used on
 
mwagon said:
You can get a 2 13/64 socket from Grainger, McMaster Carr etc. I purchased one 2 months ago. The Nuts are marked LH & RH to help also identify thread type as well as which axle side their used on
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Did you get an 8-sided socket, or will a 12-sided one work?
 
Thanks guys that worked. I apparently really tightened it a lot. It took a 4 ft pipe to get it off, when I turned it the right way that is.

So thanks once again.
 
Thanks guys that worked. I apparently really tightened it a lot. It took a 4 ft pipe to get it off, when I turned it the right way that is.

So thanks once again.
 
Yesterday I almost broke my removal tool because I didn't know the right direction to loosen the nuts. Just to kill all doubts, the left hub nut comes off by turning it clock wise. The right hub nut comes off by turning it counter clock wise.
 
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