Date:         Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:59:52 -0600
Reply-To:     Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Darrell Boehler <midwesty@MIDWEST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Frozen axle nuts
Comments: To: Todd Last <rubatoguy@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>, vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Hi Todd,
    I broke a 3/4 inch breaker bar using a 10 foot pipe on my vanagon axle
nuts.  I thought my 3/4 inch breaker bar was indestructible until it broke.
I ended up getting a axle nut wrench from jc whitney that you beat on with a
hammer, under $10. I'm sure rocky mountain motor works has them and probably
the list venders .   The nut came off, not easily but it came off.  These
tools that you hammer on come in 46mm and 36 mm. I think the bug will need
the 36mm.
Darrell




-----Original Message-----
From: Todd Last <rubatoguy@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, November 15, 1998 8:00 PM
Subject: Frozen axle nuts


>If your axle nuts are frozen so that even with a 10ft breaker bar all you
do
>is snap socket wrentches in two, does anyonw have any tricks?  (This is
>actually on an old Superbug)
>
>I've drentched then in liquid wrentch to no help. Tried an impact wrentch.
>
>If I heat the nut with a propane torch will that help? Or should I just try
>to grind it off?
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Todd
>'88 westy
>'76 Bug
>