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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: Rural53 on February 22, 2015, 10:51:45 PM

Title: Another home made tool
Post by: Rural53 on February 22, 2015, 10:51:45 PM

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About 5' long. Not used very often but is very useful when needed.

Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: Papaw on February 22, 2015, 10:53:44 PM

What's it for ?
Holding a wheel to loosen bearings?

Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: Rural53 on February 23, 2015, 12:34:06 AM

Close enough. It is a doohickey for stopping the hub turning when you undo or do up the hub nut on a VW, 220 ftlb.

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/15/02/22/7d79f2d276154bc456e91cd2b2620a9f.jpg)

If you were using it on a full bodied car I think you would have to have one arm on it only.

Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: Lostmind on February 23, 2015, 07:53:06 AM

Nicely made . Here's a photo of KD solution , striking wrench.
Most guys use an impact wrench , but you don't always have a compressor handy.

Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: Rural53 on February 26, 2015, 02:54:08 AM

Just as useful doing the hub nut back up.
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Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: Chillylulu on February 26, 2015, 10:21:06 PM

Much better than the 2x4 we used.

Did you make that one Rural?

Chilly

Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: turnnut on February 28, 2015, 10:07:30 PM

Lostmind; I just saw a 1980 KD catalog on e-bay,  they had you KD 2377 wrench, ad reads;

VW axle nut wrench K-D 2377
removes "frozen" VW axle nuts, 36mm, strike with hammer to break nuts free.
A 1/2" square opening on the tool allows mechanic to use a racher drive or a breaker bar.
sturdy forged wrench is heat treated and plated.

Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: Lostmind on March 01, 2015, 08:20:33 AM

Thanks turnnut , I picked it up with some other items out of curiosity.
I found out what it was , and soon determined I had no use for it.
It's for sale , like most of the other items I bring home and find out I don't need.
A tool from a different era. Now most guys that fool with old VW's have a full set of tools and several impact wrenches.
I see the use though if you're out on the trail and need to make a repair.

Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: Billman49 on March 01, 2015, 03:24:36 PM

That nut is usually done up damn tight - you need a good lever to undo it.... Flogging spanner is a good idea - you probably don;t even need the holding bar if you use one of those... the inertia of the hub will suffice....

Title: Re: Another home made tool
Post by: Rural53 on March 03, 2015, 02:42:08 AM

Quote from: Chillylulu on February 26, 2015, 10:21:06 PM

Much better than the 2x4 we used.

Did you make that one Rural?

Chilly

No, a friend of mine made it. Between him, his wife, his son and me we have four buggies with VW Beetle transaxles so this gets used regularly.

Quote from: Billman49 on March 01, 2015, 03:24:36 PM

That nut is usually done up damn tight - you need a good lever to undo it....

Yeap, 3/4" drive and a six foot cheater bar is useful.