spinimbus

It looks as if my spindle nut is welded on. Do you think there is a way to remove it still without ruining the spindle?
It's becoming a frustrating task to do these brake rotors and having to get the spindle would too much to an already tough task. Plus.... I'm scared... I've never put a new spindle on before and don't know how much it will end up costing in the long run. I don't have the funds to keep fixing more things.

99accordFX

All the hondas iv ever seen have a place on the nut where you hit it and it creates a dent to hold the nut in place. Instead of a cotter pin setup. Can u get a pic maybe cause using an air gun might just mess up the threads on the cv axle like your thinking. Hard to say unless i could see my self. But I know its not wielded on from the factory.

spinimbus

Here is the best I could do. My camera is at my friend's house so it's a phone pic. I'm mainly wondering what are the chances that I might have to replace the entire halfshaft just for a silly thing someone else did to this poor baby. I was thinking that possibly a shop might be able to get it off without ruining the threads but I don't want them to attempt it if that's the case, otherwise I'm gonna HAVE TO let them finish the work. I definitely don't have much money to work with here.

TouringAccord

It's hard to see from your picture but I don't see anywhere it would have been welded.

The axle nuts are very tight, like 181 ft/lbs iirc. Get a 1/2 (or 3/4 drive if you have access to one) breaker bar and socket and a ~5ft steel pipe. Put the breaker and socket on the nut and slide the pipe over the handle. This will give you more leverage. I've also found it's easier to do this with the wheel on the car, center cap removed of course, and the car on the ground. This way you don't need to hold the brakes.

I've broke quite a few ratchets/breaker bar on my driver side axle nut on my 95 EX. Finally with the setup described above it came off nicely. I've used this method every time since then and it's worked great.

InvaderTrax

I've never had good luck with breaker bars and pipes on axle nuts. Instead, I use my little friend