Incredibly, when I was once trying to remove the axle nut from my 84, after getting it all up on jackstands, etc..... ....I got a really long cheater bar and put it onto my 3/4" drive breaker bar, after locking the wheel with the Ebrake. I put my own full body weight (165lbs) on the end of the bar...nuthin... Asked two of my friends to get on that bar with me....We lifted the front of the vanagon off the ground, and still didn't get that nut to budge...Bouncing on that breaker bar with three guys standing on it....the front wheels just bounced up and down....finally cut it off On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 6:12 AM, mike riley <mkriley1@hotmail.com> wrote: > You can.t have too many warnings about flying debris! I had to undergo eye > surgery to remove a piece of steel from my cornea acquired in a industrial > setting with safety glasses, gogeles, and a face shield on. The best way is > no impact at all. Take the cotter pins out and have a socket and breaker > bar. Put it on the passnger side twards the front with the handle on the > ground. Start the engine and slip the clutch in first gear. It will come > off. Alternatively cut the nut off it is false economy to reuse it as the > threads are most likely distorted.Mike |
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