Channel lock 410.  Visegrips suck in comparasin.
On 2012-02-19 4:11 PM, "Daryl Christensen" <daryl@aatransaxle.com> wrote:

> I have had good luck by pounding a Torx bit into where the original 6
> point was..Something like a T35 or T40 bit grabs quite nicely...
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of J Stewart
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 7:40 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Mike B's Method For Removing Outer CV Joints
>
> Well, I did it to myself (someone even cautioned me about this) , back
> between Christmas and New Years I pulled my dash to replace my locked up
> front blower motor, not a fun job! I stated here on this list that the next
> job, left side CV joints was next and it would be a piece o' cake compared
> tot the blower motor. I did the right axle last summer and it was not a bad
> job, however this morning on the very first CV bolt I tried to remove from
> the outer joint I managed to round it out. I even cleaned inside the bolt
> head with a pick and tapped the hex head socket into head of the bolt to
> seat it as far as possible, and it still stripped out-no need to go further
> at this point. I went to "Been There, Done That" and found the write up on
> CV joints with an addendum by Mike B. on removing the outer 46mm nut on the
> axle, yada, yada, yada. He says this is the "short version" of how to do
> this, and I'm not quite getting it-where can I find the "long version"? Not
> sure now if this is a job I'm going to finish today, it being Sunday and I
> am not off work tomorrow, it's beginning to look like a Saturday morning
> job for next weekend. TIA for any advice.
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> Jeff Stewart
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