The torque setting is 253 lb/ft.  You should be able to rent a torque wrench
that will read up to 300.
Respectfully,
Steve
"What you don't know can't hur..$#&(@^ ARGHHHHkkk!"
satew@mninter.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Bracken <chris@XLNT.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Monday, April 26, 1999 11:59 PM
Subject: Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
...snip...
>46 mm is 1 and thirteen sixteenths inches.  My experience was that you must
>use 3/4" drive socket and bar; I tried 1/2" and broke both a breaker bar,
>and adaptor.
>I got the socket at Sears, and lucked out with a bar at Harbor Freight.
>I use a 3' length of 1" pipe as a torque multiplier, and stand at the end
to
>loosen the nut ( make sure the Van is wedged so it won't roll ) As I
recall,
>the nuts are torqued to 350 ft/lbs or so...good luck!
>
>Chris
>87 Wolfsburg
>