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Re: [T3] 2 questions


On 1 Mar 2001, at 20:23, Joe Plowick III wrote:

> I have two questions for everyone.
> 
> 1.  I have a spare swingaxle rearend that I need to remove the axles from.
> The person that I purchased it from literaly cut it of the car (don't there
> wasn't much left of the car), right through the spring plates.  So I have a
> trans with the axles and brakes still attached.  What can I do to get the
> rear axles nuts off?  I tried a impact wrench but no luck, and I don't have
> anything to leverage it against like when it is in a car.  I thought about
> trying to cut them off.  Would this work?

You could try drilling 2 holes in a long steel bar so you could bolt 
it to the brake drum with 2 lug bolts, then get a big wrench and 
socket to torque off the nut.

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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