[T3] Whats a good 36mm socket

[William Jahn]

Last time I used a 1/2" drive impact and borrowed a 1/2 drive socket to
remove the gland bolt . To reinstall it I borrowed the same sock and a
snap-on 1/2" torque wrench and used angle iron I drilled to fit 2 of the
three flex plate holes.

On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 8:07 PM Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 14 Jan 2022 at 15:36, William Jahn wrote:
>
> > To remove the gland nut on an auto trans engine?
> >
> >  Short 6 point ?
>
> I use one with a 3/4" drive. Half inch drive is a bit small for this
> amount of
> torque. You'll also need some way to hold the AT drive plate while you
> torque
> the gland nut. The trick of stuffing the #1 or #3 cylinder full of rope
> via the
> spark plug hole is a good way to do this. Try to use enough rope to stop
> the
> piston halfway up.
>
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