When I had my new axle nuts installed the mechanic used a big Snap On
torque wrench and when he applied his full force to reach the 250+ torque
it rolled the van forward with it in gear and the emergency brakes on. I
had to hold my foot on the brake so he could bring the nuts to full
torque.
There aren't any shortcuts unless you just grind the nuts off and then
install new nuts (both I did).
You can probably rent the torque wrench and socket but the mechanic that
did mine charged me $10.00 for the torquing process, I felt that was fare
considering he used $400.00 worth of tools to do in ten minutes.

Stan Wilder

On Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:36:56 -0500 Greg <kessler@OHIO.EDU> writes:
> The John Muir book has a good suggestion for this, but basically you
> have to get the socket (36mm I think), a prybar and a long
> pipe that you can extend the prybar with ( I use one that is about
> 3-4 feet long). Then you jump on it, shove it, whatever you
> can do to get it loose.
>
> Greg
> 86 Westy
> 73 Thing
> 99 Subaru Forester
>
>
> I'm having a problem removing the nut on the rear axle of my
> Vanagon. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Gary
>
>
> Gary McEachern, Reading Ma.
> '90 Westy
> '87GL Wolfy Weekender SubaVanagon
> '87 Syncro
> '91 Subaru Legacy Sedan
> '93 Subaru Legacy Wagon
> '76 Camper
> '75 Spitfire
>

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