Re: Pulling engine/trans

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

Ken wrote:
> 
> So half shafts are coming off at the tranny, but to get them off the axle
> nut has to come off....DANG how big IS that thing.  Looks like another trip
> to Sears or Harbor Freight for a single socket...
> 
> Ken
> '79 Scirocco (soon to be 1.8 16v)
> "mcfly"
> 
> --

30 mm; get a 1/2" or larger drive & a matching breaker bar (at least two
feet worth).

btw- If you have the axle free of the hub DO NOT put the weight of the
car on the hub/bearing- premature failure of said bearing will result.
It needs the buttressing of the axle/nut to bind it in place.

TBerk

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