well I'm thinking I do not have a big enought socket and I was wondering what sixe socket I need to get the wheel hub off? thanks

 

Had you have read the ball joint replacement article I posted, you'd know it's 1 11/16's .

 

For some reason I was thinking 1 3/4. I've looked at and read so much its all kind of run together rite now

 

Awesome pep boys doesn't have ****. They had a empty spot for hub puller socket. They didn't have 1 11/16s off to searsw now

 

so i ended up at harbor freight. Sears had the socket for 20 bucks but didnt have and adapter to make it work with 1/2 or 3/8. the ratchet alone was 60 bucks from sears so it would of been 80 for one socket and a ratchet. I went to Advanced auto they didnt have it. then to harbor freight and I bought a SAE 3/4 set up to 2 inches. Well the only socket they didnt have awas 1 11/16 so I went to Salvo and bought the socket for 10 bucks. So i bought the socket set for 40 and a 10 dollar socet so 50 bucks I have a 24 piece socet set from harbor freight, also a 1 11/16 socket from salvo 2 ratchets 3 extensions all for 50 bucks not bad. And it took teh wheel bearing nut off in 1 try.

 

i use a 1 13/16th's socket with a 625 ft. lb. impact gun. comes off in no time at all, can do a complete wheel bearing r&r in about 15 minutes.....

 

So why you using a socket that's too big?

 

cause there wasnt an 1 11/16th's at any store around, and where i used to work used the 1 13/16th's all the time without trouble, and it was the only one available so i got it. oh well.