Countershaft nut update

It took I learned that I've got a wussy impact wrench...it didn't budge it. I had to borrow my neighbors gargantuan pipe wrench, then put a floor jack under the end of the wrench and jack it up so that the weight of the chassis would be applying torque.

Thanks for all the advice on getting it off.

- David

Well said. Getting creative is definitely one of the best things about old tractoring.

Another example was the nut on the end of the crank -- after a week of failed attempts, I just gave up and welded a 6-foot piece of stock on it for some serious leverage. Nothing like working with torque values measured in yard-pounds instead of foot-pounds!

- David

It might have helped, although I started out just laying some beads on the nut to see if the heat alone would break it loose. Welding the stock onto it was my second try. If I had an oxyact torch, I think I could have gotten the nut a lot hotter (at least more evenly hot) than with the welder alone. Definitely a good thought though...if I could have used heat alone, I wouldn't have to grind my hacked-up wrench off the nut! ;-)