Date:         Mon, 26 Apr 1999 22:04:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Chris Bracken <chris@XLNT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Chris Bracken <chris@XLNT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Syncro rear hub removal, spindle nut size
In-Reply-To:  <3725016A.BAD5E570@online.no>
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At 02:14 AM 4/27/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Chris Wyatt wrote:
>
>> I've begun the repair on my driver's side rear hub, after losing a wheel
>> last winter (see
>> http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9902DL=vanagon&P=6537&D=1).
>> Does anyone know what size wrench I need to remove the spindle nut that
>> secures the hub?  It's bigger than 1 1/2", which is the biggest wrench in
>> my garage.
>
>You need a 46 mm wrench to get the nut loose. Don't know what it converts to
>in inches, but VW uses a metric system, anyway.
>
>PerL
>
46 mm is 1 and thirteen sixteenths inches.  My experience was that you must
use 3/4" drive socket and bar; I tried 1/2" and broke both a breaker bar,
and adaptor.
I got the socket at Sears, and lucked out with a bar at Harbor Freight.
I use a 3' length of 1" pipe as a torque multiplier, and stand at the end to
loosen the nut ( make sure the Van is wedged so it won't roll ) As I recall,
the nuts are torqued to 350 ft/lbs or so...good luck!

Chris
87 Wolfsburg