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Date:         Mon, 26 Mar 2001 00:12:22 -0800
Reply-To:     The CiKaspers <cikasper@SCRUZ.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         The CiKaspers <cikasper@SCRUZ.NET>
Subject:      propeller shaft dropped successfully
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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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