Andy
  17mm = .669 inch
18mm = .708 inch

11/16 = .687 inch or halfway between

On 3-Sep-09, at 12:46 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Thu, 3 Sep 2009 11:49:37 -0400
> From:    Andy Morse <andysings@AOL.COM>
> Subject: removing ball joint nut?
>
> Ok so it's on my 99 turbo beetle but this list has been so helpful
> for my Vanagon.
>
> I need to remove the ball joint, problem is the nut is right under
> under the CV joint and I can only use an open ended wrench, second
> problem is the nut is between a 17 mm (too small) and 18 mm (too
> big) anyone know what american size may between the two? If it
> winds up being stripped wha'st the best way to get the nut off,
> hack saw, saws all, I do have a small air hammer that I've never
> used not sure if that would work with a chisel end?
>
> Thanks, Andy
>