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Old 02-27-2007
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Originally Posted by Ladyhawke2
I want to torque up the keel bolts on my Mirage 32 before launch this spring and am having a devil of a time finding the correct socket to do it. The nut on the bolt is 1 1/8" which is pretty common, however it needs to be about 3 1/4" deep (inside measurement). All of the sockets I have found so far have an inside depth of 2 3/4". Any idea where I might be able to find one...?
Just a word of caution. Find out from the manufacturer of your boat the proper torque specification for your Keel Bolts. More failures are caused from over torq than are caused from under.

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Bill
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