Hi, just looking to buy a USED wheel hub socket for the xk8. see picture. Feels a bit much paying £50.00 for a new one. Alternatively, a 2inch ( 51mm ) 12 point socket will do just as well which I cannot find anywhere in the U.K.

 

Stephen, be careful about using that ratchet as an alternative. I remember the time I had to change my front bearings. The tool cost way over $100 new, I looked for alternatives before a kind forum member lent me the tool.

I saw the utube video of a guy using the ratchet. If memory serves me right there were too many warnings from other forum members that a ratchet doesn't work as well as portrayed. That plus the amount of force you need (the speed sensor is on TIGHT, really tight)may lead to damaged sensor.
50 pounds is a lot of $$$, but you're saving what >$800 doing it yourself.

BTW- good trick. Bolt the wheel hub & carrier into a wheel you just took off. Lay face (front/finished side is wheel) down. Now you have a platform that's going to hold the hub as you torque that plate.
john

 

The 50 UKP for the socket is only the start!




Workbench, large bench vice, 3 ft ratchet and scaffold pole don't come cheap.

Graham

 

250 N/M apparently, looks like it too.. well I'm halfway there, I have scaffolding. Just need a 3 foot ratchet now, ha ha.

 

Thanks for your advice. I'll take it on board.

 

I did this recently. As above you need the tool to buy or borrow, nothing else will do as far as I can see.
I used a 4ft pole,with a 3/4" breaker bar on the (borrowed) special tool, a large vice to hold the disc that I had bolted the upright to and an ali bar to stop the disc rotating in the vice. It was a lot of work to get it off but re-assemble to 283Nm (smaller bearing torque, later bearings are more) was in fact easy with a 1m torque wrench.
You will also need a 10T press and a large set of circlip pliers - a proper kit not the all in ones.

 

Thanks for your advice, nearly forgot the pliers

 

I bought one of these when I did the wheelbearing - it took the ABS ring off in a couple of seconds. I wish I'd bought one years ago.

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clar...-impact-wrench

 

Bladerunner, cool tool. It's good to get a recommendation.

BTW- folks near Harbor Freight stores, all impact wrenches are not created equal. Don't waste your $$$ on the cordless 20v Baeur. Wish I read the on line reviews first, it has so much runnout it breaks sockets, not much more than a heavy duty cordless screwdriver in the end.

John

 

The impact wrench made short work of dismantling the rest of the front suspension as well, as I replaced the balljoints, etc. The beauty of using it on the abs ring is that you can just hold the hub in your hand - no need to bolt it down, etc., as you do with a long socket bar.

 

I used a Snap-On air impact wrench rated to about 550nm - didn't touch it! As above they are great... if they work!

 

X2 on a good Impact wrench. I used a Makita cordless ( one of the big ones) and a 2" 12 pt socket. No issues. ONly problem I had was the Makita got the hub too tight on re-assembly. Had to back it off slightly to get the hub to turn. I was also replacing the front disks, so I bolted the hub to a disk, and then clamped the disk to my workbench. The wheel idea is a good one!