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Subject:Re: Remove Brake Caliper: Steering Knuckle Off Vehicle
From:Neil N
Date:Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:53:18 -0700

Well as far as I know, Fathers Day doesn't apply to me.   ;)
But the Fathers Day sales! Oh well......
Yes, I can see an air set up would be nice. I can almost imagine the time
and effort saved not to mention being able to knock things loose.
We'll see.

On 6/19/16, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry father's day is now over. Would have been a great excuse to treat
> yourself to a small compressor and 1/2" drive impact wrench. A 2HP
> compressor with a 20 gallon tank will be enough to get you started. Air
> tools can be had for very reasonable prices and one you get a few you won’t
> know how you ever did without. 1/2 impact and 2/3" air wrench will be the
> most used. Then comes a die grinder and a right angle drill. Yes you can
> even drill out exhaust bolts with the engine-heads in place.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Neil N
> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2016 1:21 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Remove Brake Caliper: Steering Knuckle Off Vehicle

> I don't have an impact wrench.

-- 
Neil n

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