Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 19:17:53 -0300
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From: Roy Nicholl <rnicholl@asg.unb.ca>
Subject: Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
Ok..Ok! Before you start throwing axle nuts at one another...
I thought that I had already posted this on Monday....however, there
is a possibility that in my moment of euphoria, I forgot to share the
good news.
After breaking both a 3/4" and 1/2" Flex-head over the weekend, I
tracked down a friend on Monday [Holiday here in Canada] and borrowed
a 3/4" sliding crown style bar that came with a skidder that a
neighbour stores in his barn.
I got home, heated the nut [which had been soaked with penetrating oil
the night before...again] one more time for good measure, put the bear
of a socket on it, attached the bar, added eight feet of pipe, opened
the driver's door and climbed up, then transferred my weight onto the
pipe [Ok..so I jumped]. The pipe made the most amazing arc and then a
rather load "groink" echoed throughout the neighbourhood and the "Nut"
did move. After that it turned the rest of the way without a problem,
but was that axle rusty under that ol' nut. The nut is still in
pretty hard shape...as I mentioned in my original post, it looks as
though it had been beat off/on the last time [so Clara, I may take you
up on that offer of a new Nut].
Of course, now I am faced with the dilemma of how to coax those brake
drums off...The "beat the back of the tyre with a rubber mallet" trick
that was successful with the front drums had zero effect on these
babies. I am thinking about having a couple of pieces of curved flat
stock drilled so that I can bolt them onto the drum and hook a two
armed puller under them [I cannot locate a drum puller for the life of
me ....damn disk brakes..the local FLAPS no longer sells drum
pullers].
Bugs & Things & Bricks...Oh, my!
Roy
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Roy Nicholl
Atlantic Systems Group Phone: (506) 453-3505
Incutech Centre Fax: (506) 453-5004
B/S 69000 E-Mail: Roy.Nicholl@ASG.unb.ca
Fredericton, NB Canada E3B 6C2
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