The elusive thin-walled 13mm socket

[reds2k1]

Hi everyone. Did some searches and found this 1/4" socket that has an OD 17.1 which should fit based on the measurement done in post #21. Link on Amazon showing the OD, sizes.

Amazon.com

Or you can buy directly from company and it's free shipping within USA. Only $12

1/4 Sq. Dr. Socket 13mm 6 point Length 50mm Z-series

Metric, ¼” drive, 6 Point, Deep, Chrome Hand Sockets. A six-point socket is designed to contact the head of a fastener well away from the corners so contact is made on the thickest part of the fastener. the edges of a socket are angled back a few degrees to allow the socket to slide easily over...

kokenusa.com

I have not used this but looking to buy one as well.

 

[Heckraiser]

I ground down the 13mm socket from my truck's toolbag (Toyota doesn't use 13mm fasteners) on my bench grinder and it was good enough to do my shock install, but I later developed some front end clunking and went back to re-tighten and broke the socket. Ordering the Redwood socket now

Anybody know the torque spec for the 3 13mm nuts? How about for the top nut on the shock? I've found in order to keep the shock shaft from turning, I had to wrap my vice grip in electrical tape and hold it through the spring.

 

[Occhis]

23NM

Tesla MODEL 3 SERVICE MANUAL: SPRING AND DAMPER ASSEMBLY - FRONT - LH (REMOVE AND REPLACE)

www.reichwein.it

 

[reds2k1]

Just finished my MPP Sport Coilovers install on a M3P. Confirmed that the 13mm socket linked above ($12 shipped) works without issues. Was able to uninstall/reinstall.

 

[Heckraiser]

Just saw this in the tesla parts catalog:

1467109-00-A M3, STRUT REMOVAL, THIN WALL 13MM SOCKET

 

[bmxmarty]

Hi everyone. Did some searches and found this 1/4" socket that has an OD 17.1 which should fit based on the measurement done in post #21. Link on Amazon showing the OD, sizes.

Amazon.com

Or you can buy directly from company and it's free shipping within USA. Only $12

1/4 Sq. Dr. Socket 13mm 6 point Length 50mm Z-series

Metric, ¼” drive, 6 Point, Deep, Chrome Hand Sockets. A six-point socket is designed to contact the head of a fastener well away from the corners so contact is made on the thickest part of the fastener. the edges of a socket are angled back a few degrees to allow the socket to slide easily over...

kokenusa.com

I have not used this but looking to buy one as well.

Marked for future reference. Thanks for the link!

 

[afadeev]

For reference, here's the outer diameter of my nut driver, which is pretty much the same as the hole above the shock assembly. It's likely intended to be 17.5mm.

For what it's worth, my six (6) bolt holes all had slightly different diameter.
The narrowest is 17.51 mm (pic below flipped upside-down so that you can read the measurement), the widest is 18.09 mm. Tesla's manufacturing tolerances are pretty sloppy.

The socket from Kokenusa.com is ~17.1mm, and fit just fine.
HTH