need advice on axle nut

[cameronsclone]

I have been trying for a couple days to get my cv axle out. I can't get this nut to budge for the life of me! Emptied half a can of pb blaster, heated it with a mini propane torch, hit a breaker bar with a hammer, tried to break the threads loose with a hammer and chisel. Any good ideas to get it loose? I may have to get a real oxy acetylene torch on it if I can't get it loose soon.

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: need advice on axle nut

impact gun is your friend

 

[warmpancakes]

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have somebody apply the brakes, get long pipe and 1/2 inch rachet pop its loose its usually not rust its the 180 lbs of torque to install

 

[cameronsclone]

Re: need advice on axle nut

I'm borrowing my friends impact tonight and try that. I already bent a foot long pipe on the ratched trying to get it loose.

 

[leadfoot]

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Been through this same nonsense. Wound up borrowing an electric impact wrench from my engine builder and that did the trick.

 

[ty166]

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i have to agree with renz , impact gun is the way to go. my friend played with a harmonic balancer bolt for four days cause he didnt believe me when i told him it wasnt comin off with out a impact gun. i bet him $100.00 i could stop by his house and have it off in less than five minutes. that was the easiest $100 i ever made , took longer to toss my compressor in the trunk than to get the bolt out.

 

[mrweelr]

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Impact will zip it off like butter. Don't waste your time and risk breaking tools or hurting yourself.

 

[syntax]

Re: need advice on axle nut

I could not get mine off with a snap on air impact. I went into my backyard and got a 6 steel pool and slid it over a 2 foot 1/2 breaker bar. It still took all my weight to break it lose with 6 feet of leverage, I seriously thought the breaker bar was going to snap in half. Not fun.

 

[dgoodhue]

Re: need advice on axle nut

I use a 4 foot tube, that I slip over a 24" breaker bar. I normally have someone apply the brakes. Ionce attempted to remove it by reistalling the wheel. The wheel spun on my garage's concrete floor.