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Subject:Re: Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
From:Mike S
Date:Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:05:21 -0400

At 02:45 PM 6/12/2010, Evan Mac Donald wrote...
>a thick flat steel plate, about 6" by 4", with two holes in it. One is
>a 46mm hex, and the other is a 3/4" square. There are flats at the
>sides, above the square hole, to allow application of a large blunt
>object,

Those do work, but much of the shock from hitting them goes through the
bearing (tool > nut > axle > bearing > wheel > ground). That can't be
good.

A 3/4" socket as mentioned, along with a BFBB (Big, Fat Breaker Bar). I
have one of these:
http://www.tool-sale.com/neiko-pro-breaker-bar-crv-p-1522.html