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MiniGibbo

How Do I Remove This Bolt?

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MiniGibbo

Trying to change my cv boot so first job was to remove the big nut on the end, i cant seem to get the "dented in bit" to budge :blink: bent a screwdriver in the process already :lol:

 

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TIA.

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Anthony

Normally it will unstake itself if you simply undo it with a sufficiently manly breaker bar. It should be a 30mm nut.

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MiniGibbo

Normally it will unstake itself if you simply undo it with a sufficiently manly breaker bar. It should be a 30mm nut.

 

Thanks for the quick reply dude i wondered that but only tried a 400mm bar, time to get the windy gun out then i suppose :lol:

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Anthony

You'll need a beefy impact gun or a decent length (say 24") breaker bar.

 

They can be very tight sometimes, be warned!

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welshpug

I find turning the wheel out a little and standing on the Beaker Bar then give it a little bounce does the trick :D (I only weigh 62 kilos)

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Tom Fenton

Assuming you have a new nut to use, just get a sharp cold chisel and cut a notch out of the staked part.

 

But a decent breaker bar should undo it either way.

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swordfish210

Time to bring out one of my favorite old pictures

 

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Put some muscle in to it :lol:

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MiniGibbo

Hmm a new nut would of been a good idea i suppose in hinesight, as it stands though i havent got one lol..

 

Im letting all the bolts soak while i have some lunch hopefully itll loosen up and wizz off with the gun.

 

If all goes well whats the torque setting when replacing it?

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Anthony

Time to bring out one of my favorite old pictures

That never fails to make me smile :D

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stu8v

I take it that was using a 3/4 or 1" socket set though?

 

I managed to shear two, 1/2" power bars on my mates Impreza hubs....

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MiniGibbo

My stuff only goes upto 1/2 inch dude.

 

For an update the bolt won, i drained my compressor bare three times with the windy gun before i gave up.. :huh: going to let it soak for the week in wd40, if it dont loosen next week i may have to give in and pay a garage to do it <_<

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Tom Fenton

1) It is a NUT. Not a bolt. A NUT.

2) Unless you've got a seriously decent windy gun forget it. I've a Chicago Pneumatic decent 1/2 drive windy gun, and a Dewalt 18v gun, but they both probably wouldn't move that. Leverage is whats needed to move it, the right tool for the job is a power bar.

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swordfish210

I take it that was using a 3/4 or 1" socket set though?

 

Nope 1/2" drive, just a good quality one.

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welshpug

As tom said, you need leverage, WD40 wont do jack, its just a water displacement, 40th attempt :lol:

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stu8v

Nope 1/2" drive, just a good quality one.

 

 

LOL, the ones I broke where Sykes Pickavant

 

On the Pug I moved mine with a battery hammer gun I borrowed, I think it was a Snap on one.

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SurGie

Put your shoulders & arms into it or turn it round the tightening direction a little bit, then try undoing it after, this usually helps undoing bolt or nuts for me.

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MiniGibbo

My windy gun is a snap on.

 

Think I'll have to bite the bullet and stump up for a two foot breaker bar and bring a length of scaffolding tube home from work..

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estland

Damn , that pic is crazy :D

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u47sb2

That photo is a belter. I did something similar with scaffold pole to release the hub nut on a clio rally car - when it went it went with a hell of a crack.

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swordfish210

That photo is a belter. I did something similar with scaffold pole to release the hub nut on a clio rally car - when it went it went with a hell of a crack.

 

Thanks, i remember doing both front wheel bearings on a mates Clio and they were a nightmare to get the nuts off too, ended up using an oxy torch to loosen them up a bit before they cracked off.

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Tom Fenton

My windy gun is a snap on.

 

Think I'll have to bite the bullet and stump up for a two foot breaker bar and bring a length of scaffolding tube home from work..

 

By a seriously decent windy gun I meant a 1" drive monster, not a 1/2" one no matter who made it!

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MiniGibbo

aha i understand now.. the windy guns the tyre places reffer to as "big burtha"

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kyepan

i vote with the scaffold pole approach, put it on the end of your breaker bar and lift, it's the way i've always done hub nuts, takes two seconds. failing that a good length of exhaust pipe may also suffice.

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MiniGibbo

Just been speaking (moaning) to my dad about the nut and he looked up with the answer "you tried the leccy gun" after a five minute heated discussion about how i think windy guns are stronger than the battery guns he wondered off to the garage to pull out a huge 3/4" 110v hitachi gun..

 

Needless to say i got proven wrong :angry: the nut shot off within 5 seconds of the gun trying like it was only finger tight.... im speecless tbh :blink:

 

Happy the nuts off but this is the second time hes been right in the space of a week, my ego cant take that :lol:

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CallumCurwood

Dad's are f***ing awesome to be fair. I don't know what I would do without mine. He has a shed full of tools for when he owned his garage

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