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Date:         Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:06:49 +0100
Reply-To:     Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
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From:         Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sure. . .   Summary:  Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?
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---- Original Message ----- From: "George Goff" <THX0001@AOL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:29 AM Subject: Re: Sure. . . Summary: Re: How hard is it to remove exhaust?

> In a message dated 9/9/02 11:33:39 PM, claudiocella@SHAW.CA writes: > > << In regards to using a hammer and a chisel - the hammer and chisel method > > would be used parallel with the stud (at least as close as possible to this > > position given the amount of room), therefore hitting the nut on it's top > > surface with the cylinder head acting as a support. >> > > Given enough room? Dear God, I would like to meet the man who can accelerate > a hammer, any hammer, enough to cut that nut in the short distance which is > available. > > George

Thats is why a club hammer (as Brits call them, not a sledge which is a long handled thing carrying from 8 to 16 lb head) is an indispensible part of a mechanics tool kit. A 2 lb club, swung or dropped over as little as 6" can give quite a substantial blow to a chisel, and if that chisel is angled & positioned perfectly then even better. Recently constrained awkwardly under the front of my Syncro, not jacked up, I had drilled out the heads of some seized 10mm self tappers and managed to finish the job with a pathetically weak swing of a 2lb club and an electricains chisel - taking the heads clean off at the first swing.

Aside... I see even builders 'lads' over here all the time hammering away at bolster chisels with a 12 or 16oz claw hammer, risking serious harm to their hand holding the chisel and getting absolutely nowhere, having to swing the damned thing through a enormous arc to get any force into the target - typical in a country that has all but dispensed with apprenticeships and proper training for any trade.

Clive '88 Syncro Transporter


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