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Re: [T3] CVjoints questions


On 28 Nov 2003 at 17:11, Daniel Baum wrote:

> I have actually seen someone get one of these screws out with vice 
> grips. This was on a Thing, which had the big bus-type CV joints. He 
> also got all the screws out but one. He produced an ENORMOUS pair of 
> vice grips, and managed to turn the screw with no trouble at all. Maybe 
> I just need a bigger pair of vice grips :~)

Part of the problem with vice grips here is that there just doesn't seem to be 
enough room in there. I've never worked on the larger CV joints; if they are 
bigger but the boots are the same OD, then there may actually be more room to 
work around those bolt heads.

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