rear hub socket

[roughwater]

To service the rear hub inner seals and/or bearings on my Dodge Ram 2500 4X4, you need a special socket to remove the locknut. It's a round socket with 6 round (not square) pins on the perimeter. The only socket I can find for this is a #8954 socket made by Bosch that costs about $140. Crazy, isn't it!? If you don't believe me, type in on a search engine "hub socket 8954" and see for yourself. Does anybody have a source for a less expensive socket of this type? I haven't found one yet. I'm just a Saturday mechanic and don't want to drop $140+ bones for one.

Thanks in advance for any help on this,
roughwater

[DamageWagon]

Drill hole pattern in plate, weld pins in, weld a socket of your favorite drive size to plate. New tool!

[Pit Slave]

It doesn't need to have round pins. It's a hub bearing, your not going to put a lot of torque on it. In fact, I used a pair of right angle harbor freight long needle nose pliers on mine, a few years ago. Still fine. But if you insist on having a tool, the 14 dollar equivalent one will be fine.

Yeah, I smoked 'em, sometimes you just gotta #sendit

[Retired BLM Rig]

Rent it for free from your local auto parts store.
https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/rent ... 2/ram/2500
http://www.autozone.com/loan-a-tools/4wd-spindle-socket
My personal socket is either Mac or KD and has square pins and works fine.

[Pit Slave]

Free is even better!

Yeah, I smoked 'em, sometimes you just gotta #sendit

[ramv]

I bought one at Napa for around $20... Long time ago, but I assume they still carry them

[TwinStick]

http://www.tooltopia.com/lisle-27400.as ... gKp-_D_BwE