[tcb] Re: axle nut--tech advice
- From: Mark Jenkins <marktts88@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 18:36:15 -0700 (PDT)
Have ever used a wamer socket it is a 46 mm hole cut in to a piece of half inch
plate that you can hit with 3 lb sledge that loosen the nut easily. EMPI makes
them, about 15 dollars.
----- Original Message ----
From: sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2007 8:21:40 PM
Subject: [tcb] Re: axle nut--tech advice
Uh, I thought you just did a brake job and had those things off already once.
PB blaster, tap soundly on the side of the nut with a large hammer, not on the
end of the axle. Cheater bar on the breakover handle. Have had good luck with
one of those hammer beating axle nut wrenches and have both a 46 and a 36 in my
tools, but you're probably not going to find one in Austin. Other suggestion
is go to a shop that has an air wrench that you can borrow or an sae size
socket that will sub for the 46 that will fit your air wrench. You can also
get a converter that plugs into the 3/4 and converts it to a 1/2 and then use
your 1/2 drive air wrench on it, though I don't recommend using air wrenches on
non implact sockets.
ATX BUS <atx_bus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am trying to break/loosen the axle nut on the 67. I had a really hard time
finding a 46mm socket, called everywhere I could think of in Austin and Harbor
Freight was the only place that carried one. I tried Austin V-Dub, Sears,
Lowes, Home Depot, Snap on tools and a few more. What I really wanted was an
impact socket but the one from HF is not an impact socket and is 3/4 inch
drive. So I got a 2 foot breaker bar, and still no luck. I know I have some
weight to put behind it but this nut could have been placed 40 years ago. I
tried advice from the idiots guide and still stuck.
Sammie claims this is a one hour job to replace an e brake cable, maybe you
folks know some tricks. Any advice is a help.
Jeff
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