| Re: [GMCnet] That $@@(&&)! Final Drive bracket! [message #321764 is a reply to message #321756] |
Mon, 07 August 2017 10:05   |
Richard Denney
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I'm proud to say that I had already thought of welding the nut on the
bracket, and probably will do that. I saw a welder at the hangar, and I
suspect putting a good tack on each side of the nut is within even my
skills.
Rick "shopping for V-jawed vice grips" Denney
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 10:23 AM, Ken Henderson
wrote:
> Rick,
>
> While you've got it out, weld the nut onto the bracket for the top,
> lateral, 1/2" bolt. Make installation & future removal MUCH easier -- no
> second 4' arm needed.
>
> For flare nuts, nothing beats the special V-jawed vice grips Matt told us
> about a couple of years ago:
>
> https://www.amazon.com/Tools-VISE-GRIP-Original-Locking-
> Wrench/dp/B00004SBBE
>
> I've got the 4" and 7" versions & have never had them slip on any nut.
>
> I see that OTC has hex versions, but the $102 cost for a set of 3 means
> I'll never even try them -- I think the concept is less sound than that
> above anyway.
>
> Ken H.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Richard Denney wrote:
>
>> Yes, it was probably a mistake to attempt it at the end of the day. I had
>> gotten a late start on Sunday as it was.
>>
>> But what had frayed my patience was removing the long bolt on that upper
>> bracket, which required putting a wrench on the nut while turning the
> bolt.
>> That needed me to have a left arm that was four feet long with three
>> elbows. I did get that one out, but there is only so much patience one
> has
>> to spend each day before having to go recharge.
>>
>> It took me two hours on Saturday to remove the starboard front end parts
>> (though that included removing a few items on the port side as well,
>> particularly the wheel. Removing those same parts from the left side took
>> 40 minutes. I didn't even try to pull the halfshaft--I just removed the
>> upper control arm bolts and folded out the knuckle and upper control arm
>> together. It came off the halfshaft easily, then. I only wish I'd popped
>> the lower ball joint before doing that, heh.
>>
>> Karen's trick in her instructions about using Vice Grips on the outside
> of
>> a flare-nut wrench to keep it from spreading was brilliant--I had to do
>> that to remove the flare on the port side, and used that trick before
> even
>> making the attempt on the starboard side. Flare nuts broke loose without
>> further issue.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Ken Henderson
>> wrote:
>>
>>> ...Good luck; maybe next day will get off to a good start with the FD
> and
>>> be
>>> less frustrating.
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> '73 X-Glacier 230 "Jaws"
>> Northern Virginia
>> Offlist email: rick at rickdenney dot com
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