[T3] rear axle nut

Jim Adney jadney at vwtype3.org
Thu Aug 11 05:44:10 PDT 2011


On 10 Aug 2011 at 21:54, Know One wrote:

> On one of my busses I used a six foot cheaterpipe, held on to the
> carport roof structure, jumped on the pipe at the end, and never got
> the axle nut off. Obviously I didn't manage to get any work done on
> that axle. Having something to hold on to made standing and jumping on
> the cheater pipe possible. 

Yes, you should definitely have something to balance yourself 
against. When torquing axle nuts, I generally just stand on the bar 
while holding on to the roof rain rail.

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