[ROVERNET - UK] P6 Brakes - even more ??s

Eric Russell p6rovers at yahoo.com
Sun Feb 3 21:02:50 GMT 2008


Patrick,
I just wanted to show you what I meant.  My bar came
with a cheap tool set.  Check out Zellers or Canadian
Tire, etc., etc.

Eric

--- phing <phing at videotron.ca> wrote:

> Thanks Eric and Ray .
>  I had worked out how to stop the wheel from
> rotating . I must get myself one of these super
> breaker bars ! . Unfortunateley the 
> seller of  one Eric showed on E bay  will not ship
> to Canada . No doubt for Reasons of Homeland
> Security , " Give me a lever and I 
> will move the earth -etc - !!
> Cheers
> patick , in the Great Frozen North
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Eric Russell" <p6rovers at yahoo.com>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2008 2:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] P6 Brakes - even more
> ??s
> 
> 
> > Patrick,
> > I increase the pounds per square inch on my
> socket.  I
> > actually use 5/8" impact socket, a long 1/2"
> breaker
> > bar (someting like this:
> <http://tinyurl.com/36djw2>
> >
> > I have a piece of pipe which adds length.
> >
> > I have a 3 foot pry bar which I install between
> two
> > wheel studs after I have protected the threads.  I
> > temporarily secure the pry bar to the wheel studs
> so
> > it doesn't slip off (ouch).  I rotate the wheel so
> > that the pry bar will stop on the garage floor as
> I
> > remove a bolt from the brake disc.  This is time
> > consuming as things have to be rotated and
> readjusted
> > as I move from bolt to bolt.
> >
> > Re-installation of the brake disk is the reverse
> of
> > removal.  I use a "Spanish Windlass" consisting of
> a
> > length of rope and a bit of metal when it's time
> to
> > move the DeDion tube together. (It all reminds me
> of
> > the old Bob Newhart sketch, Bomb on a Beach.  -
> "You
> > don't have tool AB-675 to remove the disarming
> cover,
> > Willard?  Well, try using a dime.")
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- phing <phing at videotron.ca> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >>  I've decided to remove the diff to get at the
> rear
> >> brakes . I can't move the bolts securing the
> drive
> >> shafts to the discs . So far
> >> I've used penetrating oils , extensions on socket
> >> wrench ratchets , and a DeWalt electric impact
> >> wrench,   with no results . What's
> >> the next step ? Heat , it's a bit close to the
> fuel
> >> pump and piping ? Clever applied violence using
> >> jacks and ring spanners ?? Is it
> >> possible to shear the bolts if I try too hard ?
> >>  As  always any advice will be welcome
> >> Cheers
> >>  Patrick
> >>
> >>
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