Date:         Mon, 16 Dec 1996 16:57:44 -0800 (PST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Beth Young <young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu>
Subject:      Re: Forget the Drums, How do you get the Lug nuts OFF!


On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 vince_pappalardo@om.cv.hp.com wrote:

>      Well I attempted to put to use all the good advice I got on how to 
>      pull (maybe hammer would be a better description) the drums off the 
>      '85 Vanagon.  However, I naively assumed it would be easy to get the 
>      wheels off--I could not remove even one of the lug nuts.   I have 
>      tried penetrating oil soaked over night, heat from a propane torch, & 
>      a six point impact socket and 2 foot breaker bar.

Just to make sure; you are turning counter-clockwise, right?  

OK, get a longer pipe.  I use one that slips over my lug wrench, about 6
feet long.  I really don't put them on that tight, it's just that they tend
to set up over time and the 6-footer makes it nice and easy to remove the
lugs.
                                                                          


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Tom Young              young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549   '81 Vanagon
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