Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:01:13 -0800
Reply-To: Jere Hawn <jghawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From: Jere Hawn <jghawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Hi John,
The nut removal tool is kind of a double action breaker bar too. You pull
it as tight as you can then on the flat part,, you smack the dickens out of
it until the cotter pin holes line up. (have this tool with you when you go
to the truck stop so you can tighten it up enough to get home.)
If you are going by the book 300 lbs of torque.... well in, Master Bentley,
they have an equation on adding an extension on the drive side, or buy a
300lb torque wrench.
Here's a question for everyone. How many of you torque the rear axle nut to
300lbs and how many tighten it as tight as they can get it/cotter pin holes
line up?
Jere
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Subject: Re: Wheel bearings, and advice
In <000201c52535$c3339840$6501a8c0@cbetest12>, on 03/09/05
at 09:55 PM, "Jere Hawn" <jghawn@earthlink.net> said:
>Hi
>Here's my humble opinion:
>Buy the VW tool (about $20) 1/2" drive and a 3 lb sledge this will help
>you put it back on.
Thanks Jere,
I appreciate the idea. I am not adverse to even grinding the bolt off, very
carefully, and maybe only to where it is thin enough to chisel it off,
although I know it might be catastrophic if I screw it up. The truck shop
seems a decent option.
Anyway, how can I put the bolt back on to the proper torque with a sledge
hammer?
I have visions of the scenario which you played out, wherein the existing
nut simply will not come off no matter what is done with a breaker bar and
the appropriate calistenics (sp) so I am counting the number of
recommendations to go to a truck shop, and it seems that idea is winning
out.
Has anyone had a mechanic say no to this request, based on the liability of
sending someone off with their nuts loose? (been wanting to use that phrase
since I started this thread <g>)
Like I said, I am now officially overthinking this, and need to do something
and get the rust and the grease flowing. I guess first I will try and get
it past the inspection and emissions tests and if that goes well, the next
step is obvious.
I hate this time of year because of those damn tests. Off in the distance,
there is a huge trash/tire/whoknowswhat fire been going on for like two
days. The fire dept is just letting it burn. A few weeks ago, a Butane truck
overturned and burned for what seems like a day or two. They just stood and
watched it burn, telling the reporters how it will just dissipate into the
atmosphere. I show up with my vanagon and have three PPM of HC too much, and
they get all bent up and make me pay a fortune to have the guys tweak it
till it drops below their stupid, imaginary number. Then I get a paper
thanking me for saving the environment. What is wrong with this picture?
Sorry, I digress.....
Anyway, much obliged.
John