Can't Get Axle Nuts Off!!!

[ProjectCB7Swap]

I started pullin the motor and trans out my car the other day and started on the axle nuts 1st but couldn't get em off. Broke 2 ratchets in the process. don't have any air tools so thats not goin. any help would be great. and yes i had a 3.5 ft. breaker bar

[cb7 dohc]

you might be able to use a big breaker bar use a good name brand

['93CB7Ex]

those are easy. you need a 36mm socket and a quality ratchet.

[cb7rush]

i used a pretty crappy ratchet and a 36mm socket and they came off..all i did was put a piece of pipe to make the hangle longer, came right off.

[ProjectCB7Swap]

I had a 36mm socket and I used a 3.5ft handle from a pipe bender and nothin. Broke my craftsman and my dad's stanley

[Rusty]

Heard about this from another mechanic then googled it and found this info

Wax On, Wax Off

OK, if you don't have any penetrating lubricant on hand or you want to try another technique, the wax method may be your savior. Long before Norm Larsen figured out the formula for WD-40, mechanics were using wax to do their dirty work. All you need is some paraffin wax (candle wax) and a source of focused heat. A propane torch or a heat gun should be used to gently heat the fastener. In this case, you don't have to get it too hot, just warm enough to melt the wax. Once the metal is warm enough, touch the candle to the fastener around the edges and allow the wax to melt. The heat will pull the wax into the gaps between the bolt and nut threads and allow for easier turning. Remember that the wax will tend to flow to the heat source, so heat the bottom threads the most.

[ProjectCB7Swap]

Thanks a million...I'll try that.

[casterX]

if all else fails.. split the nut with a dremel cutting wheel..

[batever]

You need a breaker bar, not a ratchet. The force you're applying is breaking the relatively delicate ratchet mechanism in your ratchet wrench, whereas the breaker bar is just basically a hunk of steel with nothing except possibly the pivot pin to break, and that isn't going to break. Put your 3.4 foot pipe over a decent 1/2" breaker bar and it and it will be all over.

Hit the nut with PB Blast right now while you're getting the breaker bar. You can borrow one from Autozone or get one from Sears. Make sure the breaker bar handle is not so thick that your pipe won't fit over it.

[JunyAccord]

i went to a small transmission shop and asked them if they could loosen it up for us. did it with ease.

[hovo1788]

dont forget to unstake the nut.

[vietkid_2006]

dont forget to unstake the nut.

Yes this is very important to get it off otherwise you won't get it off.

take a center punch and hit the indent out. if you haven't already.