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Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:04:04 -0500
From: David Staten <david.staten@gmail.com>
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Subject: I approve this message:  [FlyRotary] Nut off
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Lynn Hanover wrote:
>
> Chris,
>
>  
>
> My recommendation is to get one of the large ľ"  (900 + ft – lbs) air 
> wrenches.  I got one for $99 and it earned its keep  the first time I 
> had to get the big nut off.  2 seconds and it was loose.  In fact, had 
> a gent load his rotary in his car and drive 90 mile round trip to my 
> hangar – for the 2 seconds it took to get his loose as well.  He had 
> spent three days trying to stabilize the block and using a pipe on a 
> wrench ( as well as many of the methods you attempted) to get it 
> loose, all which failed.
>
>  
>
> Believe, me you'll love it for that purpose alone – not counting all 
> the other uses.  I had a smaller ˝" 300 ft-lb air wrench but it just 
> wasn't up to the job.
>
>  
>
> Ed Anderson
>
> Rv-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
>
I got a 3/4 inch used impact wrench from a pawn shop that did the job in 
literally a single 2 second pull on the trigger.. after doing the above 
saga (no.. it wasn't me Ed is talking about.. but I had my own 
tribulations that parraleled his friend's)

I'd spent a week or so trying everything else... and all it took was a 
3/4 inch gun. Works great on just about everything else too.

Dave