Matco Wheels - 9A

[skelrad]

Am I missing an all important tool, or do I just need to grind down yet another socket to be able to get at the bolt heads on the Matco wheels (mains - need to split the wheels to put the tire on)? I can get a socket on the nuts, but not the bolts themselves. I've run out of my stock of garbage sockets that I grind down to a paper thin wall on one side, so before I go out and buy another socket to sacrifice, I just want to find out if there's a different standard tool that I'm just missing.

 

[Cessnadog]

An open end wrench should work with a socket on the other side.

 

[skelrad]

An open end wrench should work with a socket on the other side.

Yeah, it’s just too tight for any of my sockets. I guess I may have to grind down another one.

 

[bruceh]

Yes, the gap between wheel and bolt head is very tight. My good old vintage Craftsman deep sockets seem to be thin enough to get on the bolt heads.