Re: Rear control arm and front fender help please

[James Marriott <marriott@micron.net>]

Huw Powell wrote:
> 
> > And also, is there anything but an offset wrench that i can use to hold
> > the nut inside of the subframe on the control arm.  It seems that sears
> > doesnt sell any big enough, i think the nut is 17mm right?  And i cant
> > get a socket to fit in there.  So please lemme have some help on that.
> 
> You can use a socket but not a ratchet head driver.  I slipped a socket
> in on the nut and then popped in a simple Craftsman 3/8" socket driver
> with only an angle adjustment to it.  #06811, says Popular Mechanics on
> it but I'm sure I got it at Sears... any tool maker would sell one
> though.

Buy a 17 mm box-end wrench at a pawn shop for $1. Add a little
"acetelyne offset." Grind the open end down to ~1/8" thickness. The
handy small-car-LCA/fuel-pump-fitting wrench.

hth,
James
not as high-tech as Igor, but watch out!
'87 4kq
'89 200q