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September 11th, 2001
Never to
forgive,
Never to
forget!
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Again I refer to the service manual which indicates that the nut holding the
Stopper Comp spring should be torqued to 7.0 ft-lb. So armed with my trusty
1/4" ratchet I proceed to remove that nut. Not gonna happen. 7lbs with a
1/4" ratchet should be no problem.
I ended up getting a 3/8th ratchet and really had to put some torque on that
nut, I'm guessing upwards of 20lbs or more. Enough I was getting concerned
that I was going to break the stud off in the motor. Time for a cup of
coffee to sit and think about this for a while.
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The coffee was good, so I decided to try one more time. I said a couple of
quick prayers and started cranking on that nut again and it finally came loose
although not the nut, but the entire stud came out. No big deal. I run to town
to get a couple of metric nuts that I can put on the other side so I can use
two wrenches to break the front nut.
Not gonna happen. I worked on it for about 20 minutes, tried pinging it with
a hammer to break any locktite, tried bracing one wrench on the ground, tried
pretty much everything. Break out the big tools. I got a long 10mm wrench and
the trusty 3/8th ratchet and took another crack. It was about then that I came
to the conclusion I was going to break the stud before that nut came off. 7lbs
my ass.
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Continued...
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Perl/CGI Programs © 2004 Wes Edens
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