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Date:         Fri, 3 May 96 23:30:05 EDT
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From:         Sean Bartnik <sbart7kb@www.mwc.edu>
Subject:      Re: EV oil change (fwd)

> > At 08:03 PM 5/3/96 -0500, Ken Hooper wrote: > > > >>bolts holding your wheels on; if you've never taken them off, > >>you best look at them soon, at least BEFORE you get a flat on the > >>road because ALL of my bolts were put on at the factory bone dry. > > <snip> > > >I used to have to use a four-foot cheater to get mine off. Not just dry, > >but almost 30 years old. They came off with the most awful creeeeaaaaakkk > >sound. > > > Boy did you guys miss a sight! Sunday, we removed the front wheels from the > '79 by means of me standing on one side of a 2' X-wrench, holding the other, > and bouncing a bit. Fortunately, there was a list member behind me to catch > me as I went ass over teakettle, and four more to laugh. I HATE MECHANICS > WHO ARE SO DAMN PROUD OF THEIR 600 FT/LB PNEUMATIC WRENCHES!!!! > > > Steve Dolan > Steven Dolan > Alexandrian, VA > > '73 FI'ed Westy > > Yeah, and you guys should have seen that lug wrench when he was done! It was (and I say was!) one of those 4-post cross types but Steve actually managed to bend the thing getting those nuts off. Wow :) .

I think I was one of the laughing four :) .

Sean


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