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• Re: A stuck Sleeve....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 15 Oct 2011 08:57:43 -0400
  Stuck in the head or the case? Get a lead hammer or dead blow mallet and smack them on the side. That will knock...
• Stuck Parking Brake
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Wed, 5 Mar 1997 12:17:49 -0500 (EST)
  ...I jacked it up, pulled the wheel off and wacked the wheel with a hammer a few times. It's good as new for...
• Re: Very dented muffler AND Recycled Packing
  Historical mailing list - Tom and Dana Cates
  Tue, 19 Dec 2000 18:58:08 -0500
  Hey Paul, I hammered the hell out of my muffler to get it to fit. Unless it is severely damaged, like radially tourqued or...
• Re: e on velour seats...how do you remove it? any ideas?
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 17 Nov 2003 12:00:56 -0800
  ...You spray it on, the intense evaporation quickly > freezes the stuff, you hit it with a hammer and it hopefully shatters. > Can't hurt...
• Re: Ball joints and steering rack
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:26:34 -0800
  ...Can the outer tie rod ends be knocked out with >a hammer or pickle fork? Or do I need some kind of special puller...
• Re: Ball Joint removal.
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Thu, 18 Nov 2010 12:08:10 -0800
  ...Pry the tierod up away from the spindle or the ball joint away from the spindle..A 2 lb hammer smack will distort the...
• Re: Can steel wheels be trued?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 27 Feb 2007 20:22:53 -0600
  ...I've done plenty of bicycle wheels, I'm sure the procedure is about the same, only with a hammer instead of a spoke...
• Re: 3d-printed coat hook
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 15 Jul 2017 10:42:10 -0700
  ...s an example of my "when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail " situation. Alistair > On Jul 15, 2017, at...
• Re: installing seal on Vanagon rear hatch / door
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:33:53 +0000
  Get a rubber hammer and tap it down tight all the way around. Jim On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 3:22 PM Edward...
• Re: Throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 18:14:04 -0700
  That's where proper application of a hammer comes in. Tapping lightly with a steel one, or banging with a rubber one. Be sure...
• Re: Rusted on O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:33:18 -0500
  ...I've tried quite a bit of liquid wrench, along with a set of locking pliers and a hammer. No dice. How do other...
• Re: Diesel Vanagon conversion project update.
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 4 Nov 1996 07:21:30 -0500 (EST)
  ...Liberal use of a hammer and > pry-bar helped. :) > > I have updated my website as well. Be warned though, I have not compressed > the...
• Re: Heads stuck to piston sleeve
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Wed, 8 Jul 1998 21:25:14 -0400
  Hey hammerhead, what keeps the entire assembly from moving out? Gonna put the head nuts on and try it? -----Original Message----- From: richard <juju34...
• Re: My First Brake Job Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 17:18:42 EDT
  ...than tap around your drum with a hammer, and it will loosen up and come right off. chris
• rod knock ? 1.9 ....is this is sign of impending doom?
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:51:20 -0700
  ...rod-knock (never heard it before), like someone with a small hammer suddenly on the engine about 2-3 times per second. Shut down...
• Subie ENgine Pull Help Needed
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 17:17:54 +0000
  ...Ant tips /advice before I get out the big hammer? Thansks, Jeff
• Re: Wheel tightening technique
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 8 Jan 2013 00:52:38 -0500
  Unless your very heavy the stock lug wrench doesn't cut it, neither will a hammer drill. If you plan on doing any amount...
• Re: Westy Xmas Ornaments
  Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
  Wed, 4 Dec 2013 08:02:12 -0700
  I was hammered for not having a white van version with the rectangle headlights. Dumb me, I hadn't even noticed that the RED...
• Re: How to get spare tire out??? Urgent!
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 11:57:54 -0700
  ...Also, give the bolt head some moderate whacks with a hammer. This causes the threads to release...maybe. Miguel Suburbia is where the developer...
• Stupid Hubcap question for '74 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark E. White
  Wed, 26 Jun 1996 18:53:00 -0500
  ...I have tried using a rubber hammer, and denting them. New ones should be here tomorrow...and I don't want to dent them...
• Re: Air vs. Water - pro's and con's
  Historical mailing list - CHRIS STANN
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 21:56:27 -0500
  ...a minor nerve you say? Honda? Have a hammer?
• Propane probs of my own
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Wed, 23 May 2001 12:54:18 -0700
  ...won't stop until you pop the reset button with a hammer... Any suggestions? ===== Mark Music is the soundtrack to the Low Budget B...
• regrease steering U-joint?
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:03:31 -0500
  ...that I could pound it off the splined shaft with a hammer. I decided to remove the joint as well, since it was caked...
• cylinder heads for my 84 westy
  Historical mailing list - shawn clark
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:40:47 -0700
  ...Once i beat the sleeves off with a wooden block and a hammer, i noticed a hair line cracks between all 4 sets of...
• (Mis)adventures in Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jarrett Kupcinski
  Sun, 11 May 2014 15:05:17 -0500
  ...I tried a few taps with a hammer, but still nothing. Okay, back to the press, as Bentley recommends. Finally start getting some separation...
• Re: Well so far it's beat me. >:-(
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 9 Aug 2010 18:25:59 -0500
  ...While waiting for the soak, every few hours - per the GM Bulley Principle - tap- don't hammer - that sucker with a ball peen hammer...
• Re: Stuck Head - The Rest of the Story
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:20:15 -0700
  ...Then, for as long as I could stand it every day, I hammered the stud this way and that using a brass drift. After...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 19:00:05 -0600
  ...Not only to you need special tools (steel wedges) you need a magic wand to make room to swing the hammer that it will...
• Re: FFRiday: short takes ...
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 12 May 1995 10:00:47 -0500
  ...s MY FAIR VOLKSIE, and my own personal favorite, Rodgers and Hammerstein's THE SOUND OF LIFTERS, later made into the Julie Andrews movie...
• Re: Seized Axel Nut
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 10 Jan 2001 08:48:03 -0800
  ...When and if you do need to remove it, rent a 3/4" drive electric impact hammer and socket to do the job, it...
• Re: coolant pipe replacement
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:55:41 -0500
  ...pliers or vice-grips bending out a little lip. >> Ball been hammer a bit too. >> finsih by filing smooth or sanding until smooth. Then...
• '56 Kombi Update
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 30 Jul 1995 01:59:09 -0700 (PDT)
  ...This bumper needs a lot of straightening, tho! Bought a set of 3 body hammers and 4 dollies for $10. I'll prolly break...
• Re: Installing Starter Bushing
  Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
  Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:14:16 -0700
  ...Maybe a piece of wood (hardwood?) and your bp hammer would be best for tapping in the new bushing. For sure they're brittle...
• Re: Tips for removing drums??
  Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
  Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:04:24 -0500
  ...I spent hours banging with a > hammer with no success. Then I tried to cut in to the rusty groove a little > bit with...
• Re: Me Sad. Trip cancelled. Whining Content + Warning (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 4 Sep 2008 21:25:47 -0700
  ...Yah I got nothin' to lose testing it with an appropriately sized hammer. I just hate like He** seeing shite like that. It really...
• Re: Removal of flywheel bolts
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 21 May 2002 18:00:03 -0500
  ...If its still locked hit the breaker bar with the hammer so the shock goes into the flywheel as you pull down on the...
• The Dreaded PO
  Historical mailing list - John_K_Hopp
  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 13:55:20 -0600 (MDT)
  ...So this PO hammered the then-new bushing out and replaced it with a bigger one, totally destroying the rubber part in the process...
• Re: cup holder
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:53:36 -0800
  ...rock hammer flew by his head and punched its way out through a side window, after which he was of course covered with glass...
• Homemade head temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 14 Jun 1995 15:56:19 -0700
  ...It had plenty left and I think it'll go well past 6000 if I hammered it.
• '85 Starter Selnoid
  Historical mailing list - Aaron Robinson
  Mon, 8 Sep 1997 21:57:37 -0700
  ...to get it started...it requires a little banging with a hammer on the starter to free it. Does anybody know if there is...
• Re: stripped CV bolts
  Historical mailing list - Steve Lashley
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 17:51:47 EDT
  ...or 11mm socket on to the bolt with an extension and hammer. It worked for me Aric Wilkerson 84 Vanagon >> Try Vicegrips, or you...
• S&S Header
  Historical mailing list - Darren
  Sat, 25 May 2002 19:50:06 -0500
  ...It seems my only options are to make an indention in the body using either a hammer or torch. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Darren.
• Re: Slipping auto tranny
  Historical mailing list - Lee
  Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:21:55 -0500
  ...motor in the Miami area? A case of beer and a big hammer & I got a weekend project or two junk vanagons. Thanks, Lee
• Re: Loud and heavy popping noise up front
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:17:35 -0500
  ...The lower >spring pad had been hammered to pieces allowing the spring to move >around. Apparently the spring was hitting the metal and making...
• 84 GL Alternator Bracket
  Historical mailing list - Peter Eaton
  Tue, 2 Dec 1997 14:28:14 -0500
  ...inch remains of the studs a couple light taps with a hammer and manage to unscrew them with a pair of pliers. Off to...
• Re: Writers aren't artists
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 07:13:55 -0600
  ...Write > :::a > :::> two > :::> page story that must contain a monkey, a hammer, a naked fakir > in a > :::seedy > :::> Winnipeg hotel room, and a talking...
• Help on Brake Drum.
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 21 Apr 1995 14:06:23 MST
  ...Tried a hammer, lots of WD40, etc. Is there some sort of tool which lets you hook it to the drum, and somehow put...
• Another Pop Top Heart Stopper
  Historical mailing list - Gronfor, Kristoffer
  Tue, 7 May 2002 08:57:45 -0500
  ...came crashing down and hit me on the head like a hammer hitting a nail. It scared me and I thought no more of...
• new half axle
  Historical mailing list - Greenamyer, William L
  Tue, 6 Aug 2002 06:44:19 -0700
  ...The noise is like tapping a hollow pipe that is soft metal (like a noise hitting an aluminum pipe with a dead blow hammer...
• Unlikely tool
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 16 May 2006 18:52:36 -0400
  ...Just the right amount of bevel, right length to hold onto, and included the head for hitting with a hammer. If you don't...
• Re: Rear axle nut socket
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Fri, 4 Jul 2003 06:38:41 -0500
  Those tools that are made to bash with a hammer are OK, but I have found the majority of them i have seen to...
• Re: can't get ignition switch housing off steering column
  Historical mailing list - Scott Wilson
  Thu, 10 Oct 2002 06:11:47 -0700
  ...using small ballpeen hammer or 1/2" drive socket > extention, tap on > bottom of housing till it comes all the way off; > 12. turn...
• Re: Rear Wheel Bearing Options
  Historical mailing list - pat
  Tue, 3 Apr 2012 23:12:38 -0400
  ...a big socket or pipe section, nuts, washers, cold chisel, punch, hammer, dremel. -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com...
• Re: need a place to work on v-dub in/near flint, mi
  Historical mailing list - Steve Elfelt
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 10:09:09 -0500
  ...a filter wrench (or to get messy a screwdriver and a hammer)? Go down to a pawn shop and pick up a couple basic...
• Re: removing bolts
  Historical mailing list - MOST,DAVID
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:42:12 -0700
  ...Oxy/Acetelene torch or hammer & chisel. It ain't no fun!!!!! Good luck. > > Tom Smith > 83.5 Westie > Charlotte, NC >
• Re: broken sockets
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 10:15:56 +1200
  >> Another of these I stripped completely on a >>Honda motorcycle 8mm-head crankcase cover bolt! When i hit the stripped >>socket with a hammer...
• Re: Clutch Chatter Question
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 19 Dec 2001 14:19:34 EST
  ...No welding, either, just bent in a vise and hammered flat. Good luck Bill Marshall 85 GL/Tiico PHX AZ
• WTB cermaic coated tailpipe
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Sat, 29 May 2004 15:18:33 EDT
  ...I think the solution I'm speaking of is ceramic coated, but whatever it is it kind of takes a shiney hammered gray tinted...
• Re: flooded engine?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:59:56 -0500
  ...Hit the starter with a hammer or something ans make it "unstuck". Karl. On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 1:22 AM, Kendra Calhoun...
• Writers aren't artists
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:19:40 -0800
  ...Write a two page story that must contain a monkey, a hammer, a naked fakir in a seedy Winnipeg hotel room, and a talking...