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Default Do you use 3/4 inch drive sockets for light home use purposes

On 4/28/2010 2:04 PM, Bill Noble wrote:
well, I use a 3/4 drive socket to tighten the rear axle nuts on my 356
(and old VW) and to tighten the flywheel nut on those cars - with a 6
foot length of pipe and me jumping up and down on the pipe I can get to
the required torque.


214 ftlbs if IIRC for the VW flywheel nut.Just stuck in my mind from
many years ago.

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