

| Subject: | RE: Rear axle nut. Uuugh! |
| From: | Jonathan Dove - VAX Master |
| Date: | Fri, 4 Nov 1994 9:51:36 -0500 (EST) |
>From: cchubb@ida.org (Chris Chubb) >So, what has worked in getting these nuts off for you? How big a >breaker bar, how long a cheater pipe? If I cook the nut with a >propane torch, will it cook the rubber grease seals? This has been brought up before. But any way, we use a 24 inch long t-bar/breaker bar that is 3/4 inch drive with a 4 foot pipe for extra length. We use a set of 3/4 drive sockets of the sizes we need and not a whole set. Just in case we come across a nut we can't get off we can use a 1/2 to 3/4 adapter and impact sockets. We have not broken any of the tools with this set up. Jonathan ----------------------------------------- Jonathan Dove jdove@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu 82 Rabbit PU, 83 GTI, 85 Vanagon, 87 Golf -----------------------------------------
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