Re: IH300 U Brakes

Posted by Janicholson on July 04, 2005 at 10:04:10 from (66.173.50.186):

In Reply to: IH300 U Brakes posted by Ron Sorden on July 03, 2005 at 16:22:54:

My method is to use either a snapon brand line wrench crowsfoot "socket", or to make a bend in a good quality boxend. THe "socket is 5 sided with just little edges toward the sixth side of the hex. It is stronger than an open end crows foot by about twice. Bending a good wrench requires some planning. Use a nice bench vice >4" put the box end in the jaws so that the "circles" of the "box" are touching the jaws then pack a wad of cloth (cotton not plastic) around the vice and box, and up the shank of the wrench 1/2" or so. Soak the cloth with water (and have more near by in a bottle with a pullup nozzle) heat the handle with the acytlene torch (nothing less will do) until it is cherry red near the point where it emerges from the wet cloth. Use a vice grip pliers, or piece of pipe to pull on the wrench to bend it to ~90 degrees. Heat while bending, and don't forget to move the torch to keep from melting the handle. When the bend is complete, wait until the handle gets completely dark from cherry red, then wait an additional 30 seconds. Plunge the wrench into plain room temp water, and stir it around.
Lots of luck, it works for me. I have 12 or so bent wrenches for various special situations.
Jim Nicholson

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