Drive flange removal

[scirocco@powerlink.net (John C. Worden)]

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Maybe if Daun has a drill press and cutting torch setup we can
do this as a tech thing at Cincy?  I made my own and there's nothing
to it.I'd even be willing to teach/help with this.

John






>Message: 23
>Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 14:04:09 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>
>Subject: Re: Drive flange removal - Help! (there's text in this one :-)
>To: Mardak <maardak@yahoo.ca>, Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>
>Before I got the tool, I fought like hell with a generic steering wheel
>puller and a ratcheting cargo strap to compress the flanges.  Both
>worked...sorta.  I have heard that a carpenter's pipe clamp can squeeze
>the flanges as well.
>
>The proper tool is so simple to make or so cheap to buy, it's hardly
>worth the trouble to work around it.  (It's a piece of flat steel bent
>into a square U, with a drilled a hole in the bottom of the U.  Also a
>threaded rod and nut, the rod screws into the axle, the nut forces the
>tool against the flange, compressing it.)
>
>The other tool you *will* need is a circlip pliers.  (Not needlenose,
>not screwdrivers, not snap ring pliers.  Circlip pliers.)  Get them at
>NAPA or Sears or the like.  You may have to file the tip to get it in
>the groove in the flange; no biggie.
>
>Don't mean to sound harsh but the hassle of working around the right
>tools makes it well worth the $ to go buy them.
>
>Ron
>
>--- Mardak <maardak@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > Reading the procedure in the Bentley tells me to use VW Tool #391 to
> > remove the drive flanges.  Do I need this tool to do the job, or is
> > there another way?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >

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