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Accessing the front handle
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:01 pm
by Barmann88
01 262 - I lost a nut on the back of this handle in the front. Does anyone know how to access it?
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Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 2:41 pm
by dustinm
go-go gadget arms from the anchor locker. You will be bleeding by the time it is over
Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:42 pm
by Snowman8
It’s hard to see from the picture but is that a speaker directly below the grab rail? If so you could hopefully remove the speaker and reach up through there. Either way you will probably be bleeding by the time you are done..
Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:03 pm
by AsLan7
Snowman8 wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:42 pm
It’s hard to see from the picture but is that a speaker directly below the grab rail? If so you could hopefully remove the speaker and reach up through there. Either way you will probably be bleeding by the time you are done..
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Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Tue Sep 07, 2021 6:06 pm
by Big Block Power
AsLan7 wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 5:03 pm
Snowman8 wrote: Tue Sep 07, 2021 3:42 pm
It’s hard to see from the picture but is that a speaker directly below the grab rail? If so you could hopefully remove the speaker and reach up through there. Either way you will probably be bleeding by the time you are done..
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Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:12 am
by Barmann88
Anyone know what size nut is behind there LOL or is that the impossible question

Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:52 am
by AsLan7
Barmann88 wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:12 am
Anyone know what size nut is behind there LOL or is that the impossible question
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If I were a bettin’ man I’d start with 5/16”.
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Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:55 am
by Barmann88
Thank you!!!
AsLan7 wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:52 am
Barmann88 wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:12 am
Anyone know what size nut is behind there LOL or is that the impossible question
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If I were a bettin’ man I’d start with 5/16”.
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Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 12:57 pm
by Big Block Power
The head of the nut is a 1/2" or 9/16"
Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:46 pm
by tomace13
tie a length of 550 cord or something around the wrench before you go reaching, nothing like dropping a tool into the void....or a socket into your motorcycle's crankcase.....not that i have any experience with that.
Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:26 pm
by AsLan7
tomace13 wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:46 pm
tie a length of 550 cord or something around the wrench before you go reaching, nothing like dropping a tool into the void....or a socket into your motorcycle's crankcase.....not that i have any experience with that.
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Great point T13....that's saved me many times while working on boats. I wish I would have learned that trick when I was younger. Unfortunately I still have a 1/2'" box wrench in the frame of our Austin Healey from when I dropped it down the abyss.

My dad was not a happy camper.
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Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:18 pm
by Barmann88
Just so everyone knows. The nut was still on there and u can access it from the front seat and it’s a deep well size 11

Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:30 am
by AsLan7
Barmann88 wrote: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:18 pm
Just so everyone knows. The nut was still on there and u can access it from the front seat and it’s a deep well size 11
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Thanks for the follow up B88!

Wasn’t expecting metric but I bet a 7/16” deep well may have worked too.
Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:03 am
by dustinm
ya 11mm and 7/16" are basically the same size in tools.
Re: Accessing the front handle
Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:00 pm
by Big Block Power
dustinm wrote: Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:03 am
ya 11mm and 7/16" are basically the same size in tools.
Within a mm or so!

