Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 21:47:01
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From: RGuay@gnn.com (Ralph Guay)
Subject: Fwd: Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
>Date: Wed, 03 Jul 1996 20:59:17
>From: RGuay@gnn.com (Ralph Guay)
>To: kenb@sirius.com
>Subject: Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
>
>Now let's not get on the government's case...I retired after twenty-some
>years with the "gummint" and I want to set the record straight. We
>weren't allowed to use any sharp objects, much less a hammer and a
>chisel!
>
> Thanks all for the advice and creative writing!
>
> Ralph@"the big Sky (reasonable and prudent speeds) Country...
>
> >Date: Tue, 2 Jul 1996 23:54:39 -0500
>>From: kenb@sirius.com (Ken Bowen)
>>Sender: vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu
>>To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
>>Subject: Re: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
>>
>>>Claralw@aol wrote "As for the nut, I actually thin(k) that it has fused
>>>with the brake drum. . . . . Does anyone out there have a 46mm
>>>axle nut for a '67 kombi/westy? I am beginning to think that I will
>>>have to cut this one off..."
>>>
>>>And John responded:
>>> Ok, I mentioned this one to one of my many years experienced truck
>>>mechanic wizards. He said he'd take a chisel and ....
>>
>>A bad idea. If you can't get it off with a ten foot cheater your just
>going
>>to make a mess of things with this technique.
>>
>>>If that fails, using the chisel to
>>>help rotation with the "blue wrench" (torch) and the now familiar
>cheater
>>>bar offer the normal options.
>>
>>Not so fast. How are you going to get a socket on the nut you have just
>>beat to shit with a mallet and chisel?
>>
>>>
>>> Compared with the stuff he considers big, this isn't, so dealing with
>>>this kind of effort is a regular event for him.
>>>
>>> John
>>
>>Just 'cause he uses this technique on LARGE nuts doesn't make it an
> aproved
>>method. Nor does doing it on a regular basis. If big means 'complicated'
>>pounding it off with a chisel (the wrong tool) is only cool if you work
> for
>>the government ;-)
>>
>>Ken
>>
>>Ken Bowen
>>kenb@sirius.com
>>
>>
>RalphRalph
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