[Vwdiesel] Minor tragedies--A4 suspension work

[Patrick Dolan]

Usually bigger, but the physics of it indicate that velocity is more important (force delivered increases linearly for mass, but the second order of value for velocity).  In other words, swing twice as fast, get four times as much force delivered.  Skill and manual dexterity again becomes the key ingredient.

----- Original Message -----
From: Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2011 6:48 pm
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Minor tragedies--A4 suspension work

> Actually, in my experience it's usually when you don't have a big 
> enoughhammer that problems happen. If you have a big enough hammer 
> then you don't
> have to force things as much, so you can be more in control while 
> actuallygetting the job done. Right tool for the job and all 
> that... :)
> 
> Although sometimes when I'm reaching for the monster *BIGGER* 
> hammer then it
> truly is out of frustration and I'm just planning to beat the snot 
> out of
> something. But in general if you have a big enough hammer to start 
> with then
> you can actually go easier on it while still getting it done, is 
> all I'm
> trying to say.
> 
> Erik
> 
> On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Shalyn Shourds 
> <sshourds at flash.net> wrote:
> 
> > Wow, sorry.  I'll have to go back and look at what I wrote.  I 
> must have
> > sounded like I was about to jump off a bridge.
> >
> > I meant just to ask if the axle just pushes out of the 
> bearing/hub like on
> > A2 cars or if it has to be pressed out.  Usually I do memorize 
> appropriate> Bentley section, but for this job it's a bad as the 
> Chitlins [sic] manual.
> >
> > Honest.  I don't mind working on VWs.  I think it's suspensions 
> I hate. I
> > don't have a lot of upper body strength and it's always a 
> beatdown fighting
> > the various parts under tension.  Speaking of:  I've tried the 
> two hammer
> > trick, but never succeeded.  Guess my hammers were too small.  
> Usually,> though, when I find myself reaching for a bigger hammer, 
> I know I'm about to
> > witness a truly spectacular mistake :)
> >
> > -Shalyn
> >
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