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• Re: Parking brake cable loose yet brakes are locked - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:14:51 -0500
  ...from ice the trick is to hit the backing plate with a medium hammer when you hear the pop you can drive off Bob
• click click click from drivers wheel
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:38:37 -0400
  ...I’ve tried hammering out the center but it still makes the noise. I kinda like the old hubcaps and would rather not go...
• Re: Heads stuck to piston sleeve
  Historical mailing list - PAT
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 22:48:42 -0400
  ...Tried the hammer and block trick, no luck. Got frustrated and started dropping the head and sleeve assembly, now completely removed from engine, on...
• Re: '84 Westy call on Car Talk
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:12:22 -0700
  ...if going to be that dedicated to the 'hammer method' ..... > then why not rig a hammer on a pivot near the starter ........ > spring loaded...
• Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:46:31 -0400
  ...Then hit it >> with a heavy hammer and sizable drift in between the studs. That will >> knock it loose with our distorting or warping...
• Re: auxillary battery hold down?
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:34:38 -0700
  ...Five minutes work with a drill and a big hammer
• Re: CV removal tips?
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 15 May 2006 20:08:47 -0400
  ...CV removal tips? > > Hi all. :) > > Just to be clear, I was joking when I wrote "a > bigger > hammer?" as a solution for removing a...
• Re: CV Joint Frustrations
  Historical mailing list - Joe Wagner
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 23:50:10 -0400
  ...1) used a drift and hammer > on the inner part of the CV joint to drive it off of the shaft and 2) > used...
• Re: Screw extractors any good?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Sun, 13 Jul 1997 19:28:51 -0500 (CDT)
  ...head onto the allen head and go >from their. >IMHO the hammer blows and the heat are equally important as having a good >secure...
• FW: Help again!
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Tue, 22 Aug 2000 13:29:56 -0400
  ...the fuel pump hums, relays clicks, battery terminals cleaned, hammer tapped on the starter... now whats next?
• Re: A bad week at Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:47:28 -0700
  ...How deep is a dodo? Is it like a jogurt? Only deeper? Ron hammers on, continuing in spite of horrendous odds (like us) to...
• Re: Wheel stud problem
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 30 Oct 2006 16:24:14 -0800
  ...Congrats! Goes to show you that there's no bad day that can't be improved by simply whacking something hard with a hammer...
• Re: Help! Weird noises after installing injectors...
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 9 Jul 2015 09:40:53 -0700
  ...with a sledge hammer. In fact, it is the flat lifter "hammering" on the valve train as it is flung off the cam. If...
• Re- more Q's on the TDI
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  6 Jun 1996 14:25:56 -0700
  ...6/6/96 In digest 980, SStones comment appeared about stopping a diesel engine with a ball peen hammer --"On Thu, 6 Jun 1996...
• Re: tool needed
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 6 May 2007 15:07:54 -0700
  ...I ended up half destroying and half removing it "properly" with a small slide hammer. IIRC, I made slide hammer by grinding the pointed...
• Re: How do I remove a wiper arm?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:08:23 -0500
  ...With some patience that technique can have remarkable results, with the hammer sized to the work. If push came to shove, I'd rotate...
• Re: Paul's starter problems
  Historical mailing list - Greg Schmidt
  Fri, 5 Apr 1996 11:39:10 -0600 (CST)
  ...What's the best way to drive out the old starter bushing? Screwdriver and hammer? Greg
• Re: removing front brake grease caps
  Historical mailing list - marty
  Fri, 29 Jun 2001 23:01:32 -0400
  Thanks to everyone who replied, the claws of a hammer did the trick, and thanks to HK Sawyer for the tip on the brake...
• Re: Removing flywheel
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 22 Jul 2001 13:17:27 -0500
  ...Smack the hell out of it with a hammer, and it usually will break anything loose. But above all else, be sure to use...
• Re: trans main shaft removal ??
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:44:52 -0700
  Egad! Don't even think of putting a hammer to the internals of your transmission. Yike! Maybe Daryl could pull that kind of thing...
• Re: Removing internal window rubber
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:57:26 -0500
  The 4 side windows can be removed in 15 minutes or less,total.Use a 22ounce claw hammer that has the claws at an...
• Starter/relay/switch problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 09:26:48 -0500
  ...connections etc..  Nothing.  THEN I went and got a hammer and whacked the starter.  Hit the remote and VROOOM, it...
• Re: Front-end workout
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 09:47:43 -0700
  ...net> wrote: > Yeah, suspension work is a pain, but an air hammer and long pry bar tend to > help a lot. And though it...
• Re: DELAYED STARTING!
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:59:30 -0500
  ...I found when it wouldn't start I could whack on the starter with a 19 mm wrench hammer and it would then start...
• Re: Gangland Get Together
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Tue, 8 May 2001 23:22:24 -0500
  ...I will say, running a tag team----hammer down-----ahhhh,---- 3 days. Party all week-end and take your time getting back. I'm...
• Type 4 engine: plastigaging rods
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 05 Jan 1996 19:57:14 -0700
  ...if I had access to a machine shop I could make a puller but...), they have to be hammered off, a little on each...
• Re: Frozen axle nuts
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:59:52 -0600
  ...I ended up getting a axle nut wrench from jc whitney that you beat on with a hammer, under $10. I'm sure rocky...
• Re: Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:41:33 -0400
  ...Tapping it with a hammer > eventually > gets it going. > > This happens both when cold and hot. I tried "jumping" the starter by > shorting the...
• Re: A tool for removing the rear axel nut on a Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:37:20 -0400
  How do you English folks call a VERY big hammer, a mass or a mallet? The 10pds one, the heavy one!!! remove those 2...
• Re: [DIESEL] RE: Question about HAMMERING, new 1.9l NA motor, today
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:36:45 -0700
  In that last post I mentioned that the pump gears were different. They do have different part numbers but that is likely because of...
• Re: Stuck together
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 15:28:17 -0600
  ...A big rubber hammer will have enough shock to get it loose. Stan Wilder ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9...
• Was: Getting Discouraged
  Historical mailing list - Mark Baker
  Wed, 1 Mar 2006 07:23:15 -0800
  The easiest/cheapest fix, whacking the starter a couple of times with a hammer, worked like a charm. I'm on the road, finally...
• Advice please
  Historical mailing list - Brian Dipert
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 19:00:40 -0700
  ...Banged on the starter with a hammer....no luck. Towed to the local VW dealer....mechanic gave the starter one tap with a hammer...
• Re: Seeking advice for installing poptop seal
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 16 Apr 2014 08:28:56 -0700
  ...Seeking advice for installing poptop seal Jim, the rubber hammer is only for standby, really, and gentle nudging to push it on the rest...
• Re: rebuilding p/s rack
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 13 May 2002 17:21:46 -0500
  ...My friend used the old hammer and punch method at home, since there was no spanner available. While the rest of the job ws...
• Rotor question
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:17:40 -0500
  ...Any ideas before I beat it to death with a hammer? Mike
• Re: Friday:: Re: Windshield Replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 28 Mar 2003 14:19:14 -0500
  On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Marc Perdue wrote: > Nah, a hammer leaves a different break pattern in the glass; they'd know. > > Don't...
• Re: 3149 Tool for Crank Pulley Removal - What was I thinking?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Fri, 5 Aug 2016 13:57:47 -0400
  My sneaky trick is to use a pilot bearing removal tool and a slide hammer to pull oil pumps. You can remove the gears...
• Re: Removing rear drums: review
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:55:04 -0600
  ...I tried the hammering technique again to get the drum off the back of my '87 today. I hammered about 300-400 times in...
• Re: Friday question: What tools do you carry?
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 11:22:42 -0500
  ...Of course the big hammer or "the persuader" as I like to call mine does come in handy at times also. Sometimes I just...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 19:23:31 -0700
  ...though you can drive them out with a hammer ..perhaps ruining the threads ..unless you put a nut on flush with the end of...
• Re: need hints to remove rear 73 drums
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 15 Jul 1994 06:39:23 -0400
  ...with either a rubber malley or (better) a 2 lb steel hammer with a piece of sacrificial lumber (2X4 works well) in between. If...
• Re: Writers aren't artists
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 21:32:59 -0500
  ...³No? When was the last time you talked to a :::hammer?² :::³WellŠ² :::³Not too bright are you? Say, you on crack? Is this...
• Re: Stuck bolt
  Historical mailing list - Dave Richards
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 01:10:01 -0400
  ...Without damaging the bolt head, give it a hard tap with a > hammer (I use the round head of a ballpeen hammer). This sometimes...
• Front axel nut "peening"
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 12:40:01 -0700
  ...How does one "peen" the front axel nut? Hit it with a hammer but where, in the middle, on the end, with a pin...
• Re: Rear Oil Seal (Flywheel) Leak
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:45:00 -0700
  ...Bottom the seal out, use old seal between hammer and new seal. >> >> alistair >> >> >> On 2013-06-14, at 6:54 PM, Jeff Lincoln wrote...
• Re: removing drum on brakes?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:03:59 -0500
  ...Do I turn towards the ground or towards the sky? > > Is there a tool for removing drums? A bigger hammer :) > > Thank you, > ????????????? Andy > > >
• SO's auto hammers into Park at ...
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Tue, 15 May 2001 19:52:49 -0400
  ...Want to know what happens to a FWD Scirocco auto when it hammers PARK at 40 mph? From the sound of it, it chiopped...
• Re: 85 wbx miss at idle...update =)
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 19 Jan 2004 16:04:25 -0500
  ...Katz wrote: > if the "knock" refered to below at idle is a hammering sound, that is not > engine ping. I've always thought 'spark...
• 46mm socket for wheel bearing
  Historical mailing list - Anonymous Digest
  Tue, 8 Mar 2005 10:35:47 -0700
  ...I could probably just trash the nut with a sledge hammer and a chisel :-) but that still doesn't get the new one back...
• Re: Removing rear brake drums?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 07:18:13 EST
  ...You can get around this by using an autobody slide hammer with a hook on the end. Hook the hammer around the perimeter of...
• Re: Friday: Best Stupid Automotive Product
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:19:25 -0800
  ...These folks also would like the building trades to adopt the 'Liverwurst' hammer. It doesn't drive nails very well but you can't...
• Re: Vanagon Rotor Replacement
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Sat, 31 May 2008 23:38:13 -0700
  ...You certainly can DIY with a proper steel punch and a hammer to drive them out. Those bearing races are incredibly hard. It won...
• Re: Stuck transaxle fill plug crisis
  Historical mailing list - R.Joseph Murphy
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 06:51:52 -0700
  ...A little tap with a 10lb hammer , Oh, no problem at all. best of luck to all, joseph
• Curious Question (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:43:17 -0500
  ...Milled Aluminum (hammered, rolled) does not. Of two identical parts, one a machnined aluminum casting, and the other machined in milled aluminum, which would...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 Oct 2013 00:38:33 -0400
  ...Some raps on the side with a dead blow hammer will get the cylinders out. Then you can clean them properly and lap them...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:39:37 -0700
  Jonathon, Thanks for taking the time to comment. >beat on the head with you favorite large rubber mallet or >dead blow hammer. I have...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - rear wheel bearing job
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 20 Jan 2005 07:06:00 -0500
  ...Rear wheel bearing > Hammered out or pressed out! > >Can anyone help me out with this topic....lots of data on front wheel bearings but...
• Re: Rear Brakes Seized?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:18:12 -0800
  ...Really Big Hammer (okay medium sized mallot) saves the day. Thanks for the tip. Yes, I had set the hand brake. But what's...
• Re: failure to fire: the sequel
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:52:59 -0400
  ...the ignition switch plug on,again.Tap the starter with a hammer.The starter solinoid gets corroded in its cylinder.It is a plunger...