Thats pretty neat....thank you. Up to now ive used an exhaust clamp on the
lower leg as a jacking point but your solution is much better.
Will
On Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 15:00 Bud Yerly <budyerly@msn.com> wrote:
> A lovely old tool worth having on a trigear is Ford Wrench with the
> extended jaw, but hard to find since it went out of production in the 30s
.
> A similar wrench that works great is a parallel jaw, adjustable wide grip
> wrench used by plumbers. Works the same just the handle is radial rather
> than parallel. With a shaft/pipe inserted into your wheel, you can
=99t get a
> socket on the Matco nut. With one of these wrenches, it is easy to adjus
t
> and remove the axle nut on both the new nose gear axle and then slide the
> nut/washer, and whole wheel off the spindle, then block the spindle with
a
> couple 4x4 blocks. See above how the jack and pipe into the spindle setu
p
> works.
>
>
> Here is the radial wrench: Typically around $15.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Bud Yerly
>
>
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> owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com> on behalf of William Daniell <
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> *Sent:* Thursday, August 15, 2019 8:43:06 AM
> *To:* europa-list@matronics.com <europa-list@matronics.com>
> *Subject:* Europa-List: Socket size of wheel nut
>
> Im being lazy. Does anyone know the size the main gear wheel nut? (I
n
> recent maintenance involving several people mine disappeared, i suspect i
t
> took a trip, as thing often do in that situation)
> Many thanks will
>
> William Daniell
> +1 786 878 0246
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