thanks to all who piped me quick advice (terry, tim, derek, cory, larry, and mark), including steve schwenk who i spoke with on the phone. liquid wrench is my friend. i will be buying the gallon can at osh next trip, for i see it has extremely high use value. it took three sets of lw application, banging with a 4 lb sledgehammer, plus torquing with a combo wrench again and again and again for the front differential bolts to even begin to turn *with* the nuts. then one more application each side, plus some judicious sledging using a flat punch, and the combo wrench and a small crescent (as a wedged stop) working hard, and i got that satisfying "crack" when the threads broke free. ten minutes later i had a prop shaft in my basement and no more vibration at 35mph. thanks again, all. rule of the day? read bentley *properly*. bill '87 syncro westfalia http://www.scruznet.com/~cikasper/pics/westy |
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