Same here on the rotation, which is what I was doing this morning, hence the
question about torque. And boy, was it hot out there in the Arizona sun!!
As for storing the jack, I never did like that location inside the rear
hatch, and then when I got the scissors jack from TBD, it wouldn't fit, so
it's all under the back seat.
Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Stevens" <mtbiker62@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: rear westy storage- was OEM alloy wheel lug nut torque

> "That's why I have a 6 point socket on a breaker bar, the socket will
> hold and 'me' bouncing on the end of the bar has (so far) been enough
> to loosen the nuts/bolts."
> .... me too, 16", 1/2" drive breaker. Almost all of the "factory tools"
> that
> have come with vehicles I've had have been sized for convenient storage,
> not
> necessarily reliability, usefulness and the rigor of repeated use.
> Since I rotate every 5K mi. (spare mounted on swing-away on rear) I like
> leaving all of it in a handy-to-use location. The stuff I need for camping
> that you mentioned, I leave in the low cabinet in front of the closet. I
> suppose the downside is that I have to open the hatch to access the jack.
> And now, I'll be stowing a Hi Lift on that as well.
>
> bob
>
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