Hex drive socket wrench being used in an old manual!!!

[keykeeper]

I have a pile of these old hex drive sockets and "L" bars from several different manufacturers.

That being said, I hadn't really seen much in the way of them actually being used in old photos or manuals.

I was given an old engine a few weeks ago, and while looking at reference material on it, found this in the manual....thought it was kind of interesting to actually see one depicted in use!!!

I know, not groundbreaking, but I thought it was cool from a "younguns" perspective!!!

[Stoney]

Kool

[bonneyman]

Cool pic!

[Charles Garrett]

Do you have any hex drive sockets or sets made by Currier Koeth or Graham roller Bearing Co. and marketed as CURKO/

[Chillylulu]

It looks like it didn't require a lot of torque to hold that flywheel on. Or maybe tnose old hands were built like Popeye....

[rusty]

Like all small engine disassembly manuals, they left out the 'smashing with hammer and cursing' part where you have taken out the bolt but the dang flywheel won't come off the shaft ;P

The picture does make me wonder if the hex in the shaft was intentionally sized so a standard wrench bar would fit..

[Chillylulu]

Like all small engine disassembly manuals, they left out the 'smashing with hammer and cursing' part where you have taken out the bolt but the dang flywheel won't come off the shaft ;P

The picture does make me wonder if the hex in the shaft was intentionally sized so a standard wrench bar would fit..

I think because of the thread title I just assumed it was into a socket that was on a bolt head.  I was thinking about something like the old Bog socket sets.

I like your idea - an engineer designing to available tools.

[lauver]

Gang,

For the record, my father had a small set of Indestro hex drive sockets and a L-wrench in the back of his 1956 Packard.  I think he probably bought these for and earlier car and later transferred them to his latest car.  He used these sockets and L-wrench for minor maintenance on his vehicles.  I think he had 3 Vlchek DBE's, a pair of slip joint pliers, and a couple of wood handled screwdrivers to go with the Indestro socket set.  There may have also been a pressed steel spark plug socket with a cross bar for changing spark plugs.  That was pretty much his entire road kit.

If I remember correctly he kept his tools in a cloth bag that his snow chains came in; nothing fancy but it kept all his tools together and ready to go.

[Charles Garrett]

Th.e set of CURKO hex sockets I'm looking for is illustrated in Pats #1328428  & Des #59417.  An earlier set does.not have the rim at top of socket nor the retaining clip on L handle altho I doubt the clip would have survived. They had only 5 sockets and were in a tool roll.  Chuck Garrett  chasgar@sbcglobal.net