What have you done today with your Austin Seven

[Colin Wilks]

Changing the front wheel bearings today I found the 7/16 Whitworth box spanner unable to shift the rather old, worn, but very tight castellated hub nut after having drifted the split pin out through the hole provided. Casting around for an alternative I tried the six sided 14mm plug socket from my metric set. Fitted perfectly and I was able to fit the breaker bar on and give it what was needed. It won't fit a brand new nut as it's a few thou smaller than the 7/16 BSW hex, but is thin enough to go in the hub carrier and being six sided is not going to slip on an old and recalcitrant nut.
I realise I could have pulled the outer hub off to give better access to the nut, but having removed the split pin I wasn't going to be diverted.