<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; COLOR: rgb(0, 0, 0); FONT-SIZE: 16px"><DIV>Hi Volks;</DIV><DIV>I broke down and went to HF and got a set of allen sockets. On sale. Not only did I get the one I wanted plus the one for the CV's, I got a few I probably will never use! Of course, I am one who tries to never say never. That comes back to bite ya. They will sit happily in my tool box until the time comes when they are needed. Maybe they will age a bit and hear (horror) stories from the other tools.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> Dave B.</DIV><DIV style="BORDER-TOP: #bcbcbc 1px solid; MARGIN: 5px 0px"></DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">On 01/15/14, <SPAN>Stuart MacMillan<stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM></SPAN> wrote:</SPAN><DIV> </DIV><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; FONT-FAMILY: arial; COLOR: #000000">Those sockets are too long, but Iâm with you, add them to your tool collection anyway! I got my 17 wrench from NAPA years ago. <A class=parsedLink href="http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx/Hex-Key-L-Type-Short-Metric-17-mm/_/R-CHQHKS17M_0151273125" target=_blank>http://www.napaonline.com/Catalog/CatalogItemDetail.aspx/Hex-Key-L-Type-Short-Metric-17-mm/_/R-CHQHKS17M_0151273125</A> <BR><BR><BR><BR>Stuart<BR><BR><BR><BR>From: Vanagon Mailing List [<A class=parsedLink href="mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com" target=_blank>mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com</A>] On Behalf Of David Bjorkman<BR>Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:01 AM<BR>To: <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" target=_blank>vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM</A><BR>Subject: Re: Transaxel tool<BR><BR><BR><BR>Thanks Jimmy. I am very aware of that jam nut tool and have used it in the past and was my backup if I ran across a short 10mm bolt before I found the tool I made from an allen wrench while tearing apart the workshop. Happily, my local HF has the socket set you mentioned (I called them) and that is probably the route I will take. One can always use more tools (?) and that set has a couple of other handy allens.<BR><BR><BR><BR>Dave<BR><BR>On 01/15/14, Jimmy Johnston<<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:inmytree1@GMAIL.COM" target=_blank>inmytree1@GMAIL.COM</A>> wrote:<BR><BR><BR><BR>I grabbed one from harbor freight.<BR><BR><A class=parsedLink href="http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece-38-and-12-drive-metric-hex-bit-socket-set-67880-html.html" target=_blank>http://www.harborfreight.com/9-piece-38-and-12-drive-metric-hex-bit-socket-set-67880-html.html</A><BR><BR>and there's this:<BR><BR><A class=parsedLink href="http://www.vanagonauts.com/Changing-gearbox-oil101.htm" target=_blank>http://www.vanagonauts.com/Changing-gearbox-oil101.htm</A><BR><BR>Have fun,<BR><BR>Jimmy<BR>Wilmington, NC<BR><BR><BR>On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:28 AM, David Bjorkman <<A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:ddbjorkman@verizon.net" target=_blank>ddbjorkman@verizon.net</A>>wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi All;<BR>> I went to check my tranny fluid level yesterday and could not find my cut<BR>> off 17mm allen wrench. So I'm thinkin' maybe I'll upgrade to an allen<BR>> socket or something. Right. So I'm off to Home Depot, Gem Auto, Sears,<BR>> Advance Auto, ... and no one has a 17mm allen socket, or even a 17mm allen<BR>> wrench. Then Harbor Freight comes to mind, but I also remembered someone<BR>> mentioned a tool (I think at HF) specific to removing that big allen bolt.<BR>> That would be an upgrade indeed.<BR>> So, can anyone out there fill me in on the tool that does the job before I<BR>> tear the workshop apart or go to HF?<BR>><BR>> Dave B.<BR>><BR></DIV></div> |
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