>Date:	Wed, 03 Jul 1996 20:59:17
>From:	RGuay@gnn.com (Ralph Guay)
>To:	kenb@sirius.com
>Subject:	Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
>
>Now let's not get on the government's case...I retired after twenty-some 
>years with the "gummint" and I want to set the record straight.  We 
>weren't allowed to use any sharp objects, much less a hammer and a 
>chisel!
>
>	Thanks all for the advice and creative writing!
>
>		Ralph@"the big Sky (reasonable and prudent speeds) Country...
>
>		>Date:	Tue, 2 Jul 1996 23:54:39 -0500
>>From:	kenb@sirius.com (Ken Bowen)
>>Sender:	vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu
>>To:	Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
>>Subject:	Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
>>
>>>Claralw@aol wrote "As for the nut, I actually thin(k) that it has fused
>>>with the brake drum.  .   .   .   .   Does anyone out there have a 46mm
>>>axle nut for  a '67 kombi/westy?  I am beginning to think that I will
>>>have to cut this one off..."
>>>
>>>And John responded:
>>>  Ok, I mentioned this one to one of my many years experienced truck
>>>mechanic wizards.  He said he'd take a chisel and ....
>>
>>A bad idea. If you can't get it off with a ten foot cheater your just 
>going
>>to make a mess of things with this technique.
>>
>>>If that fails, using the chisel to
>>>help rotation with the "blue wrench" (torch) and the now familiar 
>cheater
>>>bar offer the normal options.
>>
>>Not so fast. How are you going to get a socket on the nut you have just
>>beat to shit with a mallet and chisel?
>>
>>>
>>>  Compared with the stuff he considers big, this isn't, so dealing with
>>>this kind of effort is a regular event for him.
>>>
>>>        John
>>
>>Just 'cause he uses this technique on LARGE nuts doesn't make it an
> aproved
>>method. Nor does doing it on a regular basis. If big means 'complicated'
>>pounding it off with a chisel (the wrong tool) is only cool if you work
> for
>>the government ;-)
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>Ken Bowen
>>kenb@sirius.com
>>
>>
>RalphRalph