Date:         Wed, 15 Aug 2007 13:11:32 -0400
Reply-To:     Jake Beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake Beaulieu <jbeaulie@ND.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Clutch slave r+r from bracket: What Works?

>
>Tom Forhan wrote:
>> Having just spent two hours on this silly little task,
>> I'm wondering what other people do - there has to be a
>> better way.
>>
>> The big issue is getting the bolt off the part of the
>> bracket that faces rear. I've been futzing around with
>> a 13mm wobble socket from the bottom,  and I can tell
>> you its mostly frustrating.
>>
>> Does someone have a slick way to get these things off
>> and on again, especially working solo?  Please be
>> specific about the tools you use!

This has come up on the list before, within the last 3 years or so.  You
are not alone in finding that bolt a real PITA.  I reccomend searching the
archives and finding the thread, quite a few people posted various methods
for getting that bolt off.  I have alwasy gotten lucky and managed to hold
the lower bolt in place with the open end of a wrench.  The wrench was
only half-ass on the bolt because there is not enough room to really get
in there and I was pretty worried that it was going to strip, but it
held.  Since then I always coat the bolt in anti-seize and it comes out
without much a fuss.