Drive the van to a shop that has the big tools, truck stop, heavy
equipment operators etc. Pay them to loosen the nuts, put the key back in
and drive home, remove the loose nuts, do your work, go back and have
them torque the nuts.
My cost locally having the nuts broke loose and torqued $10.00

Stan Wilder

On Tue, 6 May 2003 13:10:52 -0500 Mike Ross <mjross81@SWBELL.NET> writes:
> Does anybody have any tips on removing the big nut on the rear axle
> of a
> Vanagon?  I'm trying to replace the rear brake shoes, and the big
> nut won't
> come off so that I can get at the brakes themselves.  I have tried a
> 5 foot
> cheater pipe, but all that does is spin the wheel (yes it is on the
> ground,
> in gear, with the emergency brake applied).  I am thinking about
> cutting the
> nut off, but I don't see them listed on any of the usual sites and
> am sure
> that my local FLAPS doesn't have them.
>
>

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