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Offline Rural53

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Another home made tool
« on: February 22, 2015, 10:51:45 PM »


About 5' long. Not used very often but is very useful when needed.
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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2015, 10:53:44 PM »
What's it for ?
Holding a wheel to loosen bearings?
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Offline Rural53

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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #2 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.



If you were using it on a full bodied car I think you would have to have one arm on it only.
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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #4 on: February 26, 2015, 02:54:08 AM »
Just as useful doing the hub nut back up.
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Offline Chillylulu

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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #5 on: February 26, 2015, 10:21:06 PM »
Much better than the 2x4 we used.

Did you make that one Rural?

Chilly
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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #6 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.
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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #7 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.
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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #8 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....
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Offline Rural53

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Re: Another home made tool
« Reply #9 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.
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