its stuck!!!!!!

big damo · Post by **big damo** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 5:45 pm

I have to change my gear box as it buggerd, after striping part of the engine bay and taking the wheels off I have hit a massive problem.

I have broken 2 snapon breaker bars trying to get the hub nut/crown nuts off have soaked them in wd40 and have also used a windy gun but they wont come off. Has any body got any idears, the breaker bars are 5 foot long sohave plenty of leverage

Please help

hondansxr · Post by **hondansxr** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 5:55 pm

we had to use a hgv air gun once to remove a hub nut ?
could try that if all else fails

Mudgey · Post by **Mudgey** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:11 pm

Have you bent back the side of the nut that's punched into the recess when it was fitted new?

One was so corroded once that I had to use a 3/4" or 1" drive breaker bar and a 4ft extension to get the nut off... they can be a pain!

nick_s · Post by **nick_s** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:20 pm

Tried any form of heat? Or turning slightly in the opposite direction to break any seals?

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:23 pm

Hammer and tightening them before loosening them helps.

big damo · Post by **big damo** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:31 pm

I have bent the side of both nut, the breaker bar where 1" and where 5 foot long havnt tryd any heat as yet but have a mate poping round in 30 minutes to see if he can do it lol

Mudgey · Post by **Mudgey** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:34 pm

Bludy hell mate, that sounds really bad!! Good luck with getting it unstuck!!

Why not leave the drive shafts in place? I undid the inboard suspension bolt, pulled the whole suspension assembly out and popped the driveshaft out the gearbox, I didn't even need to take the wheels off to do it! Is there any particular reason why you have to take the drive shafts out completely?

prelude_h22 · Post by **prelude_h22** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:50 pm

Have you tried an impact wrench?

something like this?

Post by **Thebusofwoe** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:51 pm

I would try air gun them. Wack them on do up and then undo. Keep alternating the direction in quick succession. This is the method we use and have never had a problem in the 100's we have done. Pretty crazy if ur breaking breaker bars tho!!

big damo · Post by **big damo** » Sat Dec 28, 2013 7:17 pm

We have used heat and a lorry breaker bar but still no luck, car was nearly lifting off the axle stands, as for a windy gun my brothers its powerfull but its not touching it. Really dont know what to do know :-/

Lude Generation

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