arp socket size???
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hi


i know this might sound dumb but are arp bolts unf?

if so wheres the best place to buy the correct sockets for them as i have only the metric type of sockets, (are they called female star drive??)


thanks
josh

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http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

they unf,

I cant remember what the ARP's look like off hand, but the std A+ nuts are multipoint so a 6 sided socke wont go on, you need a 12 sided one like the ring end of most spanners.

Multi point heads, and ARP do Metric and UNF/UNC

which bolts? Big ends? which rods?

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Halfords do a reasonable range of multipoint sockets, not sure they still do the imperial sizes though.

they dont do one for my arps i ended up using ebay as it was too much faf
half inch drive half inch socket
come to think of it mine was 6 sided hex? do you have yours to hand?

Yes i moved to the darkside

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7/16 comes to mind. I'm sure that I use a deep 11mm socket to nip them up first.

Multipoint as above.

In the 13's at last!.. Just

My non cooper s arp rod bolts have a hex head, not a multi point. steel rods use multipoint head bolts.

I asked the question as to what bolts since JT asked about bolts, not nuts, and mentioned multipoints rather than hex. These may not be rod bolts, might be the thermostat housing kit?

good point,

at the mention of ARP's I aasumed rod bplts like every one else,

could also be manifold bolts etc

I assumed head? Meh it's been a long day!

In the 13's at last!.. Just

How did head not occur to me!

halfords near me do all shapes and sizes of sockets. i got one for my rocker nuts. i needed a long version to fit over the long studs sticking out. cost me about £11 for 1 socket. about 10mm with 12 sides.

lol sorry to confusse everyone!! i meant nuts (doh!) head studs/nuts.
i loooked in halfords but no luck there.

so i need a 12 sided unf socket??


thanks
josh

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

yes 12 sided, I think they are 1/2" and 7/16 for the 10th and 11th if fitted.

Edited by Joe C on 4th Apr, 2011.

Really? My set must be a different, older style because all 11 are the same and they definitely aren't 1/2".

In the 13's at last!.. Just

I have never seen a 1/2" unf socket, I have however seen a 1/2" AF socket

Ok Must be 7/16 and 3/8 then

there all the same on mine aswell!

thanks for the help people :)

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985

i do have the right sizes just not deep enough. i'll have to get a selection of af deep sockets me thinks.

cheers

My build thread..

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=542985