Sounds like a job for a Sweeney Wrench used on aircraft engines to loosen and/or tighten the big nut that held the propeller to the propeller shaft. Certainly didn't want that big prop nut loosening up in flight.. The Sweeney was a big geared chain drive device that mounted on the end of the propeller shaft or crank shaft (not always the same in aircraft engines). It got the job done. I've often wondered if there was something smaller yet similar when torques get up to where a 180-200 lb man with a 4-6-8 ft cheater bar wasn't good enough in non-industrial applications - like our vans. John On 2/5/2014 9:54 AM, Don Hanson wrote: > My 84, when I did the RWBs, I had to use a 4'cheater bar on a 3/4 Dr socket > and it took me and my S.O. both jumping on the very end plus heating it to > break the axle nut loose. I tried one of those bash-wrenches first, too. > We had so much leverage as we bounced on that cheater-bar that we were > actually lifting the front wheel! Those big nuts are tight. |
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