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Date:         Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:12:00 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: "Axle" wheel nut removal?
Comments: To: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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At 02:40 AM 1/28/2009, neil N wrote:


>If one is holding on to the gutter doing the old axle nut thing, I
>imagine putting a sturdy support under the socket would be helpful.


Absolutely.  And the longer the socket the more necessary it is.


I've also had very good luck with one of Bus Depot's flat stamped
wrenches, with a long extension welded on and given a slight offset
at the right point to clear the bodywork.  I also calibrated it so
that by standing on a stirrup slung from the right point based on
your body weight, you could easily torque it back up again, but
that's another story.


--
David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"
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