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Centre hub nut (front) - Dean - 09-10-2013
Anyone know if these are normal thread or left hand thread being french n all.
IF its left hand thread i've managed to break a 1/2" power bar and an impact driver due to the french reverse thread...
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Mattcheese31 - 09-10-2013
normal mate, they are a proper bastard to get off though, no doubt . .
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Connor - 09-10-2013
Nope normal thread, what youve done is broken your tools tightening it up
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Jonny81191 - 09-10-2013
(09-10-2013, 05:52 PM)Connor Wrote: Nope normal thread, what youve done is broken your tools tightening it up
ouch. that'll take some undoing!!
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Dean - 09-10-2013
i wasnt tightening it up :| i was going anti clockwise.. so its effing tight..
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - karl1989 - 09-10-2013
Lefty loosey righty righty
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Dean - 09-10-2013
(09-10-2013, 06:16 PM)karl1989 Wrote: Lefty loosey righty righty
exactly this.. lol, but you know, being french it could of been reverse thread.
i need a bigger hammer.
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - zx_volcane - 09-10-2013
(09-10-2013, 07:07 PM)xdoddyx Wrote:(09-10-2013, 06:16 PM)karl1989 Wrote: Lefty loosey righty righty
exactly this.. lol, but you know, being french it could of been reverse thread.
i need a bigger hammer.
sod the hammer,
3/4 breaker bar + scaffold pole + body weight = job done
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Jonny81191 - 09-10-2013
(09-10-2013, 07:10 PM)zx_volcane Wrote:(09-10-2013, 07:07 PM)xdoddyx Wrote:(09-10-2013, 06:16 PM)karl1989 Wrote: Lefty loosey righty righty
exactly this.. lol, but you know, being french it could of been reverse thread.
i need a bigger hammer.
sod the hammer,
3/4 breaker bar + scaffold pole + body weight = job done
Tbh, I have come across one that wouldn't move with the breaker bar on the ground, Dumdum hitting the socket onto the hub with a BFO hammer and me trying to drive the car away, we tried heat, shock, buzz gun, everything. Ended up taking the whole hub off.
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Dean - 09-10-2013
(09-10-2013, 07:10 PM)zx_volcane Wrote: sod the hammer,
3/4 breaker bar + scaffold pole + body weight = job done
I broke a 1/2 inch 2 ft breaker bar, with a scaffy bar extension... and had my body weight on lol. I'll have another go tomorrow when my back recovers.
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - zx_volcane - 09-10-2013
(09-10-2013, 07:23 PM)xdoddyx Wrote:(09-10-2013, 07:10 PM)zx_volcane Wrote: sod the hammer,
3/4 breaker bar + scaffold pole + body weight = job done
I broke a 1/2 inch 2 ft breaker bar, with a scaffy bar extension... and had my body weight on lol. I'll have another go tomorrow when my back recovers.
Good God - kill it, kill it with fire!
Thats pretty stupidly tight!
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - puglove - 09-10-2013
uhhh yeah if your changing the wheel bearing lots & lots & lots & lots & lots &lots of heat & a BFO bar.
If your not changing a wheel bearing then buy yourself a new wheel bearing and do the same lol
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Dean - 09-10-2013
it is for the bearing lol. Its tight as (giggity.)
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - puglove - 09-10-2013
Get a decent blow torch and heat it for like 20 mins, was the only way i got mine off, clear any thing you dont want to damage with heat out the way, keep an eye on the CV make sure it dosnt get to hot. try to heat the nut more than the end of the shaft, job should be a goodun
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Tom - 09-10-2013
Get it glowing red then try and shock it off and big hard yank instead of a massive lever.
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Chris1357 - 10-10-2013
Sorry I didn't text you back mate, Didn't finish work until late!
You call that a bearing? I bet theres nothing left of it.
Chris
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Dean - 11-10-2013
Well i got the nut off.... had to rent a impact driver from a tool hire place and got told
"if this takes off nuts on railways and iron girders, and wont take that nut off you can keep the impact driver..."
But yeah it did get it off, and after looking through the service history to see if it was done recently, the last wheel bearing change was in 2001, and done by Arriva (Bus company) so yeah, that will be why.
And yeah Chris there was 2 ball bearings missing when only the top half came out. I'll upload a picture.
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RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Grant - 11-10-2013
Just FYI, buy a breaker bar next time. They're circa £20-30, probably the same or less than the hire of the gun. You can use it for so much more aswell, and you will own it
I got mine on trade from Halfords for £15, never looked back
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Dean - 11-10-2013
(11-10-2013, 08:51 AM)Grant Wrote: Just FYI, buy a breaker bar next time. They're circa £20-30, probably the same or less than the hire of the gun. You can use it for so much more aswell, and you will own it
I got mine on trade from Halfords for £15, never looked back
I snapped my 1/2" breaker bar
trying to get that f*cking nut off lol.
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Grant - 11-10-2013
Lol fair, I should read threads properly then haha
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - C.A.R. - 11-10-2013
The Haynes book of lies has an interesting technique for this, which involves putting the spare wheel on, putting the socket through the hole in the centre of the wheel and doing it that way, with the car lowered back on the ground. Means you can get a bit more leverage.
Had to do both of my driveshafts this year, it's not a fun job. Fortunately for me both hub nuts came off without much of a fight...
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Toms306 - 11-10-2013
For anyone wanting to try the above method...it doesn't work with swallows, the centre cap holes aren't quite big enough for the socket!
Think it'd work with a steel, but I didn't have one. Impact gun worked anyway though lol, wasn't expensive either for the amount of use its had, was only £30 iirc, mains powered.
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Dean - 11-10-2013
(11-10-2013, 03:56 PM)Toms306 Wrote: For anyone wanting to try the above method...it doesn't work with swallows, the centre cap holes aren't quite big enough for the socket!
Think it'd work with a steel, but I didn't have one. Impact gun worked anyway though lol, wasn't expensive either for the amount of use its had, was only £30 iirc, mains powered.
Yeah I had to rent one to get mine off, still took about 20 minutes of constant going to get it off.
And unfortunately I didn't have a steel to put on, and have cyclones so yeah, no removable centre cap
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Toms306 - 11-10-2013
If you do a lot of suspension/steering/wheel swapping stuff, I'd recommend buying one tbh. They really are useful, surprised how much use and abuse mine gets tbh!
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - maxlee - 12-10-2013
(09-10-2013, 07:24 PM)zx_volcane Wrote: [quote='xdoddyx' pid='339452' dateline='1381346590']
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sod the hammer,
3/4 breaker bar + scaffold pole + body weight = job done
did this last weekend 2 with no blood loss
RE: Centre hub nut (front) - Poodle - 13-10-2013
If anyone down this way gets stuck i have a 3/4 bar with the appropriate socket on and a 6' scaffold pole, so feel free to drop me a pm. I've done about 20 hub nuts with it so far and haven't even had to exert myself yet lol.
Centre hub nut (front) - devils_fuel - 13-10-2013
(11-10-2013, 03:40 PM)C.A.R. Wrote: spare wheel on, putting the socket through the hole in the centre of the wheel and doing it that way, with the car lowered back on the ground. Means you can get a bit more leverage.
This, simple but works. Get a free steel with a bald tyre just for this - we had one in the garage