Folks,

I'd like to recommend you get these larger size tools in a 1/2" drive;
3/8" will shear off under such extreme duty (5' extension, etc.)

Been there, done that, added a footnote.

hth,
TBerk

"Sean B." wrote:
>
> I went to Sears in search of the same thing. Using a conversion chart (I
> asked a salesman there if they had one), I was able to find an exact SAE
> equivalent 3/4" drive socket. IIRC the socket you want to get is a 1 13/16
> socket (which converts to 46.038mm). When I did that job I purchased a 3/4
> drive breaker bar from Sears as well as a 5ft length of pipe from a
> hardware store to slip over the breaker bar handle (pipe dia will be
> determined by the diameter of the breaker bar handle) and get the required
> torque leverage.
>
> When you have 5ft of steel pipe working with you it's amazingly easy to
> loosen a nut that was torques on to 345 (IIRC) ft. lbs. :)
>
> One other tip. When using this method, I found it best to still have 2
> people. One to hold the pipe/breaker bar/socket on the nut and protect the
> wheel well lip, and the other to actually apply the force to the end of the
> pipe.
>
> Sean B.
> '90 V'gon, "Happy Bus", pseudo Wolfy
> Torrance, CA
> http://vgonman.vwtrek.com