So I didn't feel like spending 30 bucks on a fork damper tool and I don't have easy access to a welder right now so here is what I did. This is also posted up on another thread but this is easier to find.
3" 5/8"($1.04 at Lowes) bolt threads ground to about 1/2" square to fit into the drive side of a 1/2" drive socket.
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Bolt with 9/16" head and two nuts jammed together to lock them in place.
(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv356/TJDukit/IMG_3985.jpg)
1/2" drive 9/16" socket and a 3/8" drive deep well 9/16" socket.
(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv356/TJDukit/IMG_3986.jpg)
All put together without tape.
(http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/vv356/TJDukit/IMG_3987.jpg)
I kinda wish I had gotten a 10" long bolt then I wouldn't have had to use two extensions to reach but it got the job done cheap. Like I said I will get a steel rod long enough and make a T-handle to weld the bolt to when I get around to it, since I don't have a welder it will have to wait until I get over to my buddies house to get it done. Maybe this will help some other people save themselves the 30 bucks I didn't want to spend.
Cool. I will make this for mine.
However I dont get why you use the two nuts an at the two sockets. I haven't looked at mine yet.
Why not just put the squared bolt into socket extension?
I guess if you had a long enought 1/2" drive extension that would work just fine. For me I only had a short one and the longer 3/8" drive extensions.
Kerry posted this years ago.
But yea right on. Someone always invents a better wheel.
Cool.
Buddha.