On Oct 28, 2008, at 6:40 AM, John D wrote:
> John Muir wrote about those axel nuts too. Seems they're universally
> difficult. His book, published in the early seventies was How to Keep
> Your Volkswagen Alive, A Guide For the Complete Idiot. Lacking an
> impact wrench and having tried the heat and the solvents and the
> breaker bar and everything else he made the following recommendation
> which worked very well, thank you. Take a cold chisel and aim it in
> the appropriate direction at one of the corner tips on the axel nut.
> Bang on it until loose. Works like a charm although it leaves the nut
> looking like a mechanical squirrel chewed it up. But hey, if you ain't
> got the tools to do the job right, and you still need to get the job
> done, you do what ya gotta do. At least it worked.
Great book. I had a spiral binder version when I bought my first Bug,
and a fancy new-fangled version in paperback when I bought my current
Bug. That said, I prefer less destructive means for working on my
car, though John is a very clever writer.
-W
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