Re: Help with CCKW / M35 Lug nut removal

From: Joe Foley (redmenaced@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 04 2006 - 19:34:37 PST

Nah, before you do anything!

Get a wire brush and clean off the END of the studs so
you can verify the rotation of the threads. They will
have left and right hand threads, they MAY be mixed on
a hub or from side to side.

Joe

--- "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> A good thing to have is a torque multiplier. I
> know they are made
> for the 5 Ton trucks and it is probably the same for
> the deuces. It is a
> geared assembly. I have no idea if it will work
> directly with a CCKW, but if
> the lug nuts are the same, I don't see why not.
> Bruce MVPA 23824
>
>
> 42Ford GPW wrote:
>
> > Well, I finally found myself recently wanting to
> take two outboard
> > tires off one of my CCKW's to temporarily put on a
> BenHur trailer. I
> > wound up not being able to loosen any of the lug
> nuts
> > with any of the conventional tools I have....
> >
> > what are the tools ( and methods ) of choice for
> removing lug nuts
> > from the bigger trucks ??
> >
> > It looks like I need to "upgrade" into the proper
> tools for the job.
> >
> > Any advice would be helpful !
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Mike Curtis
> > 1942 GPW(2) 1943 WC-52
> > 1942 MB 1943 WC-56
> > 1944 MB 1951 M37
> > 1951 M38 1963 M37-B1
> > 1955 M38-A1 1968 M35-A2
> > 1972 M151-A2
> > 1942 OPEN CAB LWB CCKW
> > 1942 Closed Cab LWB CCKW
> > 1942 M3 Halftrack
> > FORD GPW SPARE PARTS/BOXES/TAGS, ETC.
> >
> >
> >
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