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Date:         Sun, 29 Sep 2013 13:01:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: tool find
Comments: To: Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <52487383.3010300@turbovans.com>
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I do have an old Triumph motorcycle fork tube that has served well as my cheater in the past, but it may not be long enough for breaking this nut loose.  I probably need to try it to make sure the whole shebang works.  Don't want to find out in a crunch that I'm not as prepared as I thought I would be. Stephen ________________________________ From: Scott Daniel <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 2:37 PM Subject: Re: tool find nice find. nowyou need a good long, about 3 feet, solid cheater bar to use with your two new tools. even standing on the end of a very stout 3 1/2 long cheater bar sometimes in not enough to unscrew that mutha. I've had to heat a few of those nuts ( like one out of dozen or so ) .. in one extreme case ..even with heating ...the nut galled the threads on the stub axle taking the nut off.  Both nut and stub axle were ruined. That only happened once in dozens of years though. it's good to take things like the rear axle nut and flange apart once in a great while ..make sure their not seized badly with rust etc. scott On 9/29/2013 4:01 AM, Stephen Grisanti wrote: I'm not looking forward to ever needing the 46mm socket for the big rear axle nut, but have always kept that measurement (and its standard 1 13/16" equivalent) in mind in case I trip over one, which I recently did.  Of course, after buying I find that NAPA stocks the non-metric one for $25 (on sale this week for $16!) but that Ohio antique mall was fairly boring until I hit a huge booth full of tools and the $5 find that is now living under the back seat of the '87 Westy with its new Harbor Freight 3/4" drive breaker bar.


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