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Charlie, You are correct, it is a pain and there are special wrenches for this - my friend has a set that he found at a Thrift store (!). This 27 mm wrench does not fit the front drum brake setup on my '63, they are 24 mm. It may fit disc brake front ends? The 2 wrenches that I have seen, one of them has a curved handle to hold the inner nut easier. I've been successful using 2 crescent wrenches on my Bus but it's difficult. Regards, Everett Barnes - Phx, AZ - everettb@prodigy.net VW Planet - http://thesamba.com/vw >Any idea where a 27mm wrench would be useful? > >I'm no guru, so I'm not sure about this. But I believe that is the size >of the front wheel bearing nut. If you've ever adjusted your front >wheel bearings, there are two nuts. The inside nut, and the outer nut >to lock the inner nut. Is anyone confused? Well, if you've done this, >it can be a little difficult holding the inner nut stationary while >tightening the outer nut. If the inner nut moves, it messes up the >tightness of the bearing. So the inner wrench has to be kind of thin. >From the picture, not sure how thick this wrench is, but possibly for >that procedure? > =‹ c ----------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/