Re: Big Nut Americans

[farna@xxxxxxx]

You absolutely have to have two wrenches (one for shaft, one for nut) with 2' cheater pipes. That nut is tightened to around 150 ft/lbs IIRC -- would have to check the TSM. 

Andrew's method might work, but make sure the park brake is on and good too! It's easy to turn the engine over unless you have a wrench on the shaft too. 


On September 14, 2004 andrew hay wrote:

> you'll find 'normal' rears on all '66s and even '65s with the 232.
> only 196/199 cars got the big nut.
> 
> next time you need to loosen a 'big nut', you could try putting the
> car on stands, then cranking the wrench with a bottle jack.
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