Can't get Axle Nut off !!!

[XcluziveAZN]

Dewalt DW290 Impact wrench (electric)

[starchland]

make sure its unstaked lol...i have a similar gun with the same torque. usually the shops pound them on with tons of air pressure and its hard to get them off but you may have to go through a few breaker bars but if they are torqued down to the proper spec then this gun will take them off np after.

[MF BAKER]

mine were both welded on after 12 years in new york never being removed. had a snap on heavy duty impact wrench running 16opsi, nothing. tried some heat from a mapp gas and pb a couple times with the impact, nothing! i had to use a rotary tool to cut a channel through the nut and then bend/snap it off. i did it carefully to not damage the axle threads, even though i replaced both axles once they were off.

[F22HB]

OMFG IT TURNED!!!!! and it off

1 broken Ratchet - Priceless (atleast it was craftman - time to go to sears and get a new one)


I'm doing ROH

Don't you just love sears Glad you got it though! Gotta show these damn hondas who is boss.

[GangstaCB7]

I sprayed with PB Blaster overnight and nothing.


I just found out my axle boot ripped wide open.....FUCK THIS CAR......

time to return parts and shit

I feel u on that! Just this year I've been through 4 axles!! Its a pain in the boot. I get them at kragen and they have a year warranty, thd part might be free, but u still have to take time to change em. Hopefully some day I can afford race ones :' (

[Father Time]

Gotta show these damn hondas who is boss.

No shit, Jose (d112crzy) and I used a breaker bar and a 1 1/2 foot pipe. We had to stand on the damn pipe for mine to break loose when we swapped my engine.

[nusdogg]

i hate these old rusted axle nut man, i loosen mine with a 40" breaker bar which is a 3/4" drives. Have someone turn the car on and step on the brake as hard as they can while you loosen that nut. I recommend that 3/4 drive 40" breaker Bar, it works my man. haha

[Losiracer2]

i took mine off w/ a 5 ft. galvanized steel pipe bought at the plumbing sect. of Lowes, and my 1/2 in. breaker bar. Worked perfect. Pipe only cost me 10 dollars and the 36mm socket was 18.99 w/ a lifetime warranty. I then returned both lol, and got my money back. Shoulda kept them, since I have to take my axles out again for my swap. Oh well. I'll borrow my friends tools.

[g$up]

i had the same problem while changing the front rotors, i had to use a torch to expand the nut. after that i had to guys jumping on the breaker bar and it eventually came off.

[starchland]

anyone tried freeze off?

[batever]

yeah, a 4-5 ft steel pipe over your breaker bar will take that thing off like no tomorrow.

impact guns are good, but really they aren't necessary for any kind of job where you have clearance for manual tools.

just make sure the nut is unstaked or you'll take the axle threads off with the nut.

[bobbycos]

when i did my axles ,my mechanic buddy used his 3/4" drive air impact Ingersoll Rand gun and it whipped the driver side off in 7 seconds but actually struggled with the passenger side, took 30 seconds to get it off. basically it was RUST on the threads that was causing all the problems.

I feel pity for all the Hyundai owners who have to take their rotors off in pieces because the rustweld themselves to the hub.

I know because the wife has an 01 Elantra and thats how we did it. I wish i would've taken pics of the carnage

[Vancefish]

As stated, A two foot breaker bar with a piece of pipe to extend the lenth. Set the car down with the wheel on and stand on the extended bar. Mine was a bitch the first time too. However after the first time it breaks loose pretty easy in the future.

I should tell you to make sure your axles are ALL the way in before bolting it back together though. If the tranny end of the axle is not flush to the input it can pop out and grind the axle end up. After that you'll need another new axel again, not to mention the metal shavings now inside your tranny.

No use crying over a torn boot.

[visualpoet]

I had to cut one of my spline nuts off when I did mine. I broke a brand new 3/4 breaker bar using a 40" cheater.

[lucid]

Sometimes you need the shock of an impact- I don't have a compressor and sometimes I end up having to put things back together to drive to a garage- they won't care at a tire place if you use their gun to break things loose. Just bring a torque wrench and put it back on tight enough to get back to where you're working at.