Sears sells square sockets. I have the few that are needed for these trucks
and find them very handy.
Stephen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Chansler" <rchansle@us.ibm.com>
To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] stupid questions
> I just removed the "boards" from my 49 burb last weekend. Fortunately, I
> just happened to have a "square" socket that fit the nuts. Yes, you can
buy
> sockets for square nuts. I've had these for a long time so not sure where
I
> bought them. Compared to all the other methods, using a socket on these is
> by far the easiest way. In theory, you should only have to loosen the nuts
> enough to slide the bolts toward the center of the boards about 1 inch.
The
> bolt heads should slip through the brackets in the running boards. Mine
> were way too rusty and I just unscrewed the nuts completely. A few of the
> bolts just broke off which was ok too. One of the botls just spun around
> and I did have to resort to a cuttoff wheel between the board and the
frame
> bracket on that one.
> Hope that helps. (Don't forget to take out the bolt connecting the rear
> fender.)
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> Bob Chansler
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> "Rockerfellers"
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> owner-oletrucks@auto Subject: [oletrucks]
stupid questions
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> 07/11/2001 10:43 PM
> Please respond to
> "Rockerfellers"
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> Ok folks time for my annual stupid question from a non-mechanic. I was
> just
> trying to get my running boards off and, of course, the nuts are really
> rusted. Now the ruts are square and are in a deep channel...how do you
get
> them off? I tried a socket, but none seem to fit well enough to turn them
> without stripping the corners off. I can't fit an open end box wrench on
> them, the channel is to narrow and deep. And the old standby, Vice Grips,
> is
> to big to get in the channel. There has to be some secret for getting
> running
> boards off, but I haven't found it. Help!!!!!
>
> Second question isn't so stupid. I'm thinking of changing my rear
gearing.
> Has anyone ever changed out the gears? I read in a suppliers catalog that
> you
> can buy a kit to upgrade the gear ratio, but being mechanicly challanged
> I'm a
> little leary of doing this by my self. Second option is to change out the
> rear clip with another, but I'd rather leave my transmission in place and
> just
> be able to pull the old and drop in the new. Is this doable? And if so
> what
> type of rear clip works?
>
> John "Rock" the mechanically challenged Rockefeller
> 1949 3100 "Eeyore"
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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