[Milsurplus] BC-779 Final Report

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Joe & Group,

Nice write-up.  

Here's a tip for this sort of problem.  Find a set of small sockets with hex 
instead of square drive.  They are sometimes included with cordless 
screwdriver kits.  I think that's where my sets came from.  And get a ball hex driver 
that fits.  The combination gives you a very short pattern u-joint socket that, 
unlike using a screwdriver blade, you can turn continuously.  I took one set 
of the sockets and faced off both ends in my lathe to further shorten them.

If you can't find hex drive sockets, take a 1/4" square drive extension and 
cut a ball end on the male and use regular 1/4" square drive sockets.  If a nut 
is too close to the chassis edge, turn the OD of the socket down.  But if you 
do that to the extreme, break the nut loose first with an open end wrench 
before putting the socket on it.

In a message dated 1/18/2007 9:37:56 PM Central Standard Time, 
carolew at bellatlantic.net writes: 
>     4. Removing the nuts under the chassis, which is necessary to remove 
> the
> cans, is a pain. There's not much room to swing a wrench and you can't get a
> straight shot at them with a socket-wrench extender. For most of them, I
> placed a standard socket on the nut and used a screwdriver of the correct
> blade width on the other side of the socket to turn the socket. It worked
> well. One nut was too close to the edge of the chassis for that. A small
> Craftsman open-ended wrench did the trick.

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
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