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I desparately need help with this one!

Last shop  << really! : ) >> re-installed my cv joints and the axle
thingie (is that  a "transaxle") but in doing so

           A) Used triple-point screws that are smaller than 8mm

                        I assume the screws they used show up sometimes
                        in Vanagons.  QUESTION... what sizes of triple
                        point screws are people seeing?  (The tool that is,
the
                        screws themselves of course are all the same size)

            B) stripped two of the screws completely.

                        The stripped screws are of course on the wheel side
                        inside the housing where I can't get at them to
apply
                        a vise grip.  QUESTION... If I free the tranny-side
cv
                        joint, and rip the wheel and brake apart, can I pull
                        the wheel off the car with the wheel-side cv STILL
                        ATTACHED??   The transaxle would sort of drag
                        through the housing around where the wheel side
                        cv is supposed to be.    If this works, the idea is
that
                        I'd then have a axle sticking out from my car with
                        part of the wheel attached, and I could then get at
                        the stripped screw with the vise grips/saw/drill.

                                    Will this work?
                                    What's involved with pulling the wheel
and brake?

Thanks!

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Steve E
Lansing Mich
84 Vanagon