Ossaboy2867
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I started with measuring the bore.Ossaboy2867, can you provide some specifics about the size of the socket you bought and what machining you did to it to make the special tool? It's good to have alternatives, just in case one of us ever runs into the same issue as navynuke and gets sidelined over the unavailability of the tool.
Then with that dimension I took my calipers and went shopping for a socket of that size.
After that you measure the width and depth of the teeth and mill those into the face of the socket.
You never want to hit those notches on a nut like that hard with a punch. If you start to deform them, you ruin the machined fit the tool relies on to not have the tool slip.
If you dont have a mill, you could make this tool with a thin cut off wheel and a dremel tool. You would have to do some math and mark areas on some tape to get the teeth perfect.
Diameter X Pi = circumference
Circumference / 4 = evenly spaced teeth.
Rough cut, then dremel to fit.