geodon
1st April 2012, 10:23 AM
Holy Moley what a PITA!
The nuts are very fiddly to attach & they drop into the yoke webbing & jam.
When on, there is about 15mm of thread to fit a nyloc nut x4 & I could only manage 1 flat at a time with an OE spanner. It's the sort of job you don't start without a cut lunch.
THERE HAS TO BE A BETTTER WAY!
I remember a trick to replacing spark plugs in air cooled VW's: using a length of rubber hose to hold the plug while you located it in the hole & got the thread started. So! A short length of thin garden hose, a blast of the hot air gun or hair drier to soften the rubber & push the nut on. You now have an extension with the feel you need to attach the nuts.
I rummaged around for a cheapy 9/16ths socket, cut the drive off, welded a nut onto the splined end then welded a bolt to the nut. Cowabunga! An extension that fits past the yokes & can be driven by an air ratchet.
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The nuts are very fiddly to attach & they drop into the yoke webbing & jam.
When on, there is about 15mm of thread to fit a nyloc nut x4 & I could only manage 1 flat at a time with an OE spanner. It's the sort of job you don't start without a cut lunch.
THERE HAS TO BE A BETTTER WAY!
I remember a trick to replacing spark plugs in air cooled VW's: using a length of rubber hose to hold the plug while you located it in the hole & got the thread started. So! A short length of thin garden hose, a blast of the hot air gun or hair drier to soften the rubber & push the nut on. You now have an extension with the feel you need to attach the nuts.
I rummaged around for a cheapy 9/16ths socket, cut the drive off, welded a nut onto the splined end then welded a bolt to the nut. Cowabunga! An extension that fits past the yokes & can be driven by an air ratchet.
45305
45306
45307
45308
45309