It's been a few years for me,
But, wasn't there a way to calculate
The torque when retightening the nut back on,
(dont remember off hand, the value)
Where you take your weight,
Say 180 lbs. (or say Wish 180 lbs :o)
And measure the distance out on the extension bar to stand?
Or was I just smelling too many autumn leaves burning that day ???  :o)
JC...
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Zeitgeist
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 4:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: removing rear axle nut

I just completed this very task recently.  I simply went to Harbor Freight
and picked up their 3/4" metric socket set that includes a big ol' breaker
bar.  The bar and a short length of steel pipe made short work of
loosening/tightening the 46mm nut.  I had far more trouble removing the
drums than the nut.  Remember to have a couple of new cotter pins ready for
the reassembly.

On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Troy <colorworks@gci.net> wrote:

> Hi there:
>
> Looking for articles on how best to remove the rear hub/axle nut on my 89
> Westy (2wd) to install some longer studs for a wheel upgrade. If I recall
> this is one of those things that requires a huge amount of torque, and
> specialized equipment. I searched on the Samba, I came up with 150 pages
> worth of info, so I guess I did not enter the information into the search
> engine correctly. I had forgotten how to do a search on the archives here.
> Could someone please tell me how to do that? I had a link bookmarked once
> upon a time, but now that I need it, I can't find it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Troy
>

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Casey
'87 300TD
'94 100CSQ Avant
'89 Bluestar