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Date:         Thu, 9 May 1996 02:08:34 -0400 (EDT)
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From:         David Raistrick <xi8940@freenet.tlh.fl.us>
Subject:      RE: drum brake adjustment

Perosnally, after first sheering the head off a sears 1/2 drive, (using a rented 36mm socket, 1/2 dirve), i decided to go ahead and spend the money on the 3/4 drive<my dad had given me a 3/4 36mm, but i didnt have anything to fit that..> flex handle...(their name, not mine..) that too was a returned i tem, with a sheered head..twisted right off...so i got the 20$ cheaper slide handle...a nice 5 or 10 foot cheat on that, and had no plroblems since..except for a little excess PSA, and stisted the gland nut apart..:(..luckilly, NOPI was still open..although, the first time i did my axel nuts, i borrowed from a friends dad a 3/4 drive to use with the socket..a 5 foot long TORQUE WRENCH. needless to say, i reset the torque the way it was supposd to be..oh well..enough rambling.

!......................... The not so Keen one xi8940@freenet.fsu.edu .........................!

On Wed, 8 May 1996, Maher, Steve (SD-MS) wrote:

> > >in regards to the poundy thing (there must be a name for it (I call it a > >poundimiform, actually), i also have a pair of sockets in the appropriate > >sizes, 3/4 " drive, a slider breaker bar the same, also a converter to 1/2" > >so i can use it with the 1/2" ratchet or breaker bar, as the urge strikes, > >but the poundymiform is cheaper to buy than that pile of stuff. > > When an axle nut and I couldn't reach agreement, I went to a local welding > shop and had them weld a 3/4" drive bit at right angles, to the end of a > five-foot long, quarter-inch wall mild steel pipe. Haven't lost an argument > with an axle nut since. :^) > ______________________________________________________________________ > _ ______________ > ______//________ Steve Maher smaher@gi.com //__][__||____\\ > /o _ | -| _ \ San Diego, CA 75461,1717 (o _-| _ o| > `-(_)=======(_)---' '(_)-------(_)-' > '66 Mustang Coupevertible '89 Son Sherwin '80 VW V6anagon > > http://www.wp.com/IrishMafia > > "There's nothing wrong with the economy-- plenty of jobs are > available. I have three of them myself!" > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >


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