On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 8:07 AM, TENEBRAE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
there is something monumental in being able to pull up a short stool, to work on your motor [proudly maintained 3 bugs in my lifetime, all 12 v.] -- "...don't tell them anything! they haven't even tortured you yet!" TRAC! TRAC! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/StrataList-OT?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
