Help required - undoing a hub nut

Gareth_evo5 · Post by **Gareth_evo5** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:52 pm

Hi All,

I'm in need of some assistance. My partners KA needs the driveshaft changed, the car has been involved in a smash and whoever put it back together (stan and Olly motors by the looks of it), have tighened the hub nut to an inch of it's life. I've already broken my 1/2inch power bar trying to get it off and it still hasn't budged.

I'm in littleport (just north of Ely), so ideally someone local would be ideal,

Cheers,
Gareth.

TonyB · Post by **TonyB** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 1:59 pm

Are you able to drive it Gareth? If you can get it to my house I am sure I can get it free for ya ;-)

I am just south of Ely, drop me a PM if any use and I will arrange a time and give you my address.

boxy · Post by **boxy** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:37 pm

A bit of wd40 and a long extension bar on a ratchet handle should do it.

IWANT1 · Post by **IWANT1** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:46 pm

If you still have problems by the weekend will come over and see if i can help out! Should be able to borrow a 3/4 bar. Stuck in hospital at the mo!

lee

Gareth_evo5 · Post by **Gareth_evo5** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:55 pm

I had a 3 foot extension tude on the end of my 400mm 1/2 drive stanley breaker bar, so total length about 4ft, and my 85kg bouncing on the end of it, the 1/2inch square drive piece broke off the end of the bar.

Being this tight, WD40 wouldn't penetrate the thread, this is TIGHT!!

Lee, Tony has offered his help, so hopefully this will sort it out. I have just ordered myself a 600mm britool 1/2inch breaker bar as a replacement, so that should have a better chance, but ideally the 3/4 drive would be the best solution. Do you have a 32mm socket??

Gareth.

boxy · Post by **boxy** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:05 pm

The 1/2 inch square drive wasn`t a Halfords special was it?

Gareth_evo5 · Post by **Gareth_evo5** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:23 pm

No it was a Stanley branded item, not the best in the world, but I've given it plenty of work in the past and hadn't failed me until this b*

boxy · Post by **boxy** » Mon Jan 29, 2007 5:27 pm

What you need is a fat git like me standing on your new one. Hasn`t got a sneaky left handed thread on it has it?

IWANT1 · Post by **IWANT1** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:09 am

Did u get sorted????????

andycaca · Post by **andycaca** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 12:42 pm

Here's my handy hint. Take a run up and kick it several times. You need to shock the nut to crack it off