Nut from hell - AE92 driveshaft nut

[TooF]

im not a fan of trying to jam the studs, simply pop the centre cap off, remove the cotter pin and put the car back on the ground.. get your mate to stand on the brakes and undo it when the car on the ground, ive never had grief this way.. you can virtaulyl apply as much pressure as you want to it and the car/driveshaft wont move.

if required you can obvisouly mix this with the combination of impact wrench but certainly do it on the ground dont go jamming the studs you only risk damaging the studs.

[BeRad]

ohh yer 3/4 rattlegun, theres not much it wont undo .

[HAVABEER]

with the wheel off i've jammed a big F-off flat head screw driver between 2 of the studs and the break caliper so the hub can't rotate. nut comes off *easy with a breaker bar.


* by easy i mean me standing on the end of the breaker bar, when your 6ft tall and weigh 63kg brute strength aint my strong point

[Grega]

i'm 40kg up on u havabeer so i'll prolly break studs, caliper, nut, the whole shooting match
anyway slackarse me didn't get to do it ; did to the brakes on the mrs car though

[nick.parker]

I understand your pain, took me ages to get my hub nut off too. Don't know if this will work for you. 3 feet of pipe on the handle of my socket and me gently bouncing my whole body weight (87kg) after several attempts got it though. Thought my socket might shatter so I had old clothes wrapped around it incase. Needed the HBrake on, foot brake on, car in 5th and car was _partially_ supported by a jack. At first I kept lifting the car via the jackstand before I figured out to hook under the stud. Then atleast you have two studs instead on one taking the strain.

Cheers, Nick

PS: Put some anti seize on the thread before you put the nut back on (once you get it off ).

[Dale]

The studs won't break, I've bent 1/2 inch drive extension bars that I've used to jam the studs before and they still haven't broken... oh, and snapped clean two 1/2 inch drive extensions as well, but never has a stud broken!

[The Witzl]

used Inox yet?

[Grega]

no.
need ballrepair first

[LeeRoy]

The studs won't break, I've bent 1/2 inch drive extension bars that I've used to jam the studs before and they still haven't broken... oh, and snapped clean two 1/2 inch drive extensions as well, but never has a stud broken!

The studs will bend though before the nut budges. The wheels on the ground with the center cap off is the best method and even better when combined with some anti seize stuff.

When locking the wheel via a bar and the studs the car can also lift the wheel through compacting the suspension and it can also push it off the jack so it really isnt the best method.

Another problem is when people dont have standard wheels and cant get a socket in there.

[Cuzzo]

Soooooooooooo.

Is it off yet. theres enough suggestions here to undo the bitchiest of driveshaft nuts.

[Grega]

no. i'm up on blocks at the moment (vasectomy). i can't see any car work being done in the next week or so, believe me. 3rd day in bed

[airfireman1]

Ouch!!! string it out as long as you can. Get as much sympathy from the wife as you can, tell her what kind of HELL you are going thru just so she can have peace of mind. That you have forgone some of your man hood and will never be the same.
When its all settled down, tell her you need as many test drives as possible just to make sure everything works and there are no rattles or leaks.
HA HA!! Good luck and join the club

[Grega]

ok
FINALLY got around to this
i have thus broken two extender bars for my 1/2" socket set

is the thread a normal or opposite thread. not keen to destroy yet another 1/2" drive wrench

[TooF]

its a standard right hand thread. so you need to turn counter-clockwise to undo it.

[Grega]

far out
i'll go to my mates workshop and attack this i think
i cannot get it off for the life of me.