Date:         Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:13:58 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Seized Axel Nut
Comments: To: "R. Hotchkiss" <hotch@HOTSTRINGS-INC.COM>
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At 11:24 AM 1/10/2001, R. Hotchkiss wrote:
>won't budge. I've applied over 500lbs of torque and I've heated it and
>I've sprayed it .... Do I have to remove the axel nut as per Bentley or
>can I change the shoes by just removing the drum?

No you don't have to remove the hub.  It's a little cramped in there but
eminently possible.

Something to think about though -- could you have heated that nut enough to
ruin the temper?  I don't know what that temperature is, unfortunately, but
it might be worth checking into.  That's a fairly special nut and VW
changed to it when they increased the torque spec by more than 50% (the old
nuts had six slots instead of ten).

david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"