The spindle nut that wouldn't die
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The spindle nut that wouldn't die
What should have been a 30 minute project--replacing the right CV axle--turned into a two hour ordeal. The spindle nut was frozen. Tried putting my entire 170 lb weight onto a breaker bar. Nothin'. Tried PB Blaster. Torch. Jacking up on the breaker bar. Torch. PB Blaster. Breaker bar with a 4' pipe extension. Finally busted the heck out of my Kobalt 18" breaker bar.
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Re: The spindle nut that wouldn't die
I broke out my arsenal of tools: air chisel, cold chisel, sledge hammer, and grinder and went to town. I ground off about half the nut, then used the cold chisel and hammer to chip away at the remaining, counter clockwise, of course.
After about thirty minutes of hammering, it finally broke free.
After about thirty minutes of hammering, it finally broke free.
#4
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Did you raise the locking tab on the spindle nut?
Never mind. Saw the pics. Must have been seized.
I hope they don't hassle you for the core charge.
Never mind. Saw the pics. Must have been seized.
I hope they don't hassle you for the core charge.
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Here's what's left of the SOB! Thirty minutes later, the job was complete.
You really should be able to replace both CV axles in about an hour, but Murphy's law dictates that there will be that one frozen nut that makes you want to set your hair on fire.
You really should be able to replace both CV axles in about an hour, but Murphy's law dictates that there will be that one frozen nut that makes you want to set your hair on fire.
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These are cementoosseous lesions.
These are cementoosseous lesions.
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We need an arrow pointing to a lesion. I'm pretty sure I see some bottom front teeth. Are the two holes at the bottom/base/root of the teeth the lesions?
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That would have been easier, maybe. All I had was the large grinder and 3" wheel, and the grinder body bottomed out before the wheel did. Die grinder for my tool chest soon?
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Re: The spindle nut that wouldn't die
What should have been a 30 minute project--replacing the right CV axle--turned into a two hour ordeal. The spindle nut was frozen. Tried putting my entire 170 lb weight onto a breaker bar. Nothin'. Tried PB Blaster. Torch. Jacking up on the breaker bar. Torch. PB Blaster. Breaker bar with a 4' pipe extension. Finally busted the heck out of my Kobalt 18" breaker bar.
Drive it to a shop and whave them impact it off. If you can get an impact gun, go to a tire shop and have a tech throw you an air line out the back door and give it a what fer.
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I have a torque wrench that advertises 450 ft-lbs of torque hooked up to a compressor that's taller than I am, and it didn't budge it at all. Just checked Amazon. Ingersoll-Rand makes one that has 780 ft-lbs of torque. Guess that's what the pros use.
I made my 16 year old son help me with the CV axles, and I think he really got into being a gearhead. He was very eager and got a kick out of using the air impact wrench. BRRRRRRRRRRRTTTTT!
Next weekend, father-son timing belt/water pump job.
Last edited by natemoore; 07-21-2014 at 03:10 PM.
#23
Re: The spindle nut that wouldn't die
No. Half-inch. I'm going to try to get a warranty replacement at Lowes, but I won't tell them that I put a 4' extension on it. The breaker bar and pipe were bent like a longbow when it broke.
No injuries, although my son was sitting opposite me when I said, "I think it may be wise to move."
No injuries, although my son was sitting opposite me when I said, "I think it may be wise to move."
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