instead of using the fle handle, which, btw, WILL break, borke a few 
myself, on a gland nut, go for the ugly chrome looking slide handle. 
heavy, cost half as much, but much stronger. put a nice 10 foot cheater 
on it, and a lot of blocks to keep the car from rolling...

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On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, James Cohen wrote:

> Roy,
> 
> Before you cut it off, try this: buy a 3/4" flex handle from Sears, get a 4
> foot long piece of pipe that will fit over the end of the flex handle.  Set
> it in position with the socket on the nut, and stand and bounce a little on
> the end.
> 
> That will generate something like 600-750 ft. lbs. of torque on the
> nut....it will come off!!  And if that's not enough, get a passing stranger
> to stand on it with you. You may have so much torque that the wheel will
> spin, but that's another problem....
> 
> Flex handles are much tougher than and ratchets, and with Sears, if it
> breaks, which it won't, they'll give you a new one.
> 
> What helps is having a slow steady increase in true torque.  As opposed to
> say, banging with a hammer or bouncing on a short handle.
> 
> BTW I have found that the nuts "look" like they're fused to the drum on
> those axles.
> 
> If you don't have access to a Sears, the have a 800 number and you can mail
> order it.  Tools are the one thing Sears still will mail odrer.
> 
> 
> James
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >ar was 3/4" drive...that's what amazed I!  I broke a
> >1/2" drive one today attacking the nut again.
> >
> >I am half tempted to get another nut and cut this one off....
> >
> >Bugs & Things & Bricks...Oh, my!
> >
> >Roy
> 
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