SprayinCX

i have got my gsr in my hatchback but i need to get the axles out to put new ones in. I have tried everything that i can think of. i just can't get the nut on the outer part of the hub off.

i have used a four feet breaker bar,impact guns,wd-40,hammers,some other minor things.

Do any of you have any idea on how to get these out/off so i can drive my new swap?

TrickHonda98

that seems maybe like a big job, take it to your local garage, pep boy's, autozone,etc. they can remove axles easily. I had a hard time when I tried to get that big pain-in-the-*** bolt off my dead '92's axle. so I gave up and took it to autozone and they yanked it off in just a couple of seconds, after I spent 4- hours putting all sorts of crap on it.

monicle

I didnt see torch listed yet so you might be able to heat those suckers up a bit and hit it again with the breaker bar.

SprayinCX

will autozone and places like that really do stuff like that?

steve_s

What kind of impact wrench, was it air or electric? Yea definately hit it with a torch, its probablly frozen on.

SprayinCX

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by steve_s &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What kind of impact wrench, was it air or electric? Yea definately hit it with a torch, its probablly frozen on.</TD></TR></TABLE>


it was a air wrench. i don't have a tourch but i know a few people that do

TrickHonda98

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SprayinCX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">will autozone and places like that really do stuff like that?</TD></TR></TABLE> yes. it might cost about $20 for labor. thats how much I paid. and installation does cost too if u want to havve them install it. I don't know that cost because I left my new axle @ home and ended up having to get my civic transported back LOL.

SprayinCX

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TrickHonda77 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> yes. it might cost about $20 for labor. thats how much I paid. and installation does cost too if u want to havve them install it. I don't know that cost because I left my new axle @ home and ended up having to get my civic transported back LOL. </TD></TR></TABLE>


that had to suck

TrickHonda98

hell yes it did. apart from paying for the removal of the rear axle,($20) it cost me $80 to get my civic back to my house. I didn't even think about how I was gonna get home only after they removed it. and I didn't even think about taking the new axle with. I felt like a dumbass that day.

cash459

hey, a couple of friends just got those nuts off of my EJ1, and they just used a breaker bar and about a 6 foot piece of pipe on the end.....they also soaked the nuts like every 2 hours with some lube and they spun off....dont know what else to try, but it can be done, it will just take a lot of elbow grease....also, if you take the axles to pep boys or soemthing like that, make sure they are not still on the car, or they wont do it (at least not where I live)....just to give you a heads up....good luck!

ep3

did you get the lock part off on the nut??? hopefully we talking bout the same nut.

dwnthehatch

iTrader: (1)

Get a better impact wrench. I broke 2 1/2" breaker bare and both my air impact and electrid impact wrench wouldn't budge it. I went to the local gas station and borrowed their Matco impact wrench and it came right off.

b18bcx

get the ingersoll 1000 lb impact gun..

careawholelot

i just used a pretty hefty socket wrench and a four foot pipe came off so easy no problems at all

Nameless RB26

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by careawholelot &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i just used a pretty hefty socket wrench and a four foot pipe came off so easy no problems at all </TD></TR></TABLE>

ditto. and someone holding the brakes...

FortunateFool.

i had this problen yesterday! heh. I tried everything. Broke 3 craftsman's, bent 3 breaker bars (big long tubes) and all that.

Drove to my mechanic. He had them loose in 30 seconds. Didnt charge me. Just go to any autp repair shop and they should break them loose for you. They can just tighten it back down. Since it was loose it wont be hard to get back off.

92CIVICCX

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jcstites &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i had this problen yesterday! heh. I tried everything. Broke 3 craftsman's, bent 3 breaker bars (big long tubes) and all that.

Drove to my mechanic. He had them loose in 30 seconds. Didnt charge me. Just go to any autp repair shop and they should break them loose for you. They can just tighten it back down. Since it was loose it wont be hard to get back off.</TD></TR></TABLE>


same **** i had to do.what a pain in the ***

SprayinCX

i think we are going to heat up the nut or something. i know we are going to use some antiseize on the nuts when we put them back in

Pho Real

battery powered Snap On impact wrench

ken-e

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I got mine out by banging out that dent that they put on the bolt, and used a torque wrench, added the bar from the jackand jumped up and down on it a few times and it came right off

BrynnTheSlut

make sure you hammer out that little indent thinger. I did this with my friends hatch, took a minute. I took a 1/2" socket wrench, then put the jack pole over it and it came right off. Maybe some are harder to do than others.

Sketch_hs

take the wheel cover (if one) off and have the car on the ground w/ all four wheels/tires ON.

then hook up the socket to a breaker bar, use your hydrolic jack to push up on the ends of the breaker bar while someone/thing holds down your brake. worked for me. that was the right side nut, the left side was easy as hell to take off... oh make sure that little dent in the nut is out.

Good luck

jdmsiR20

hey you said you had a gs-r motor in there... if its a hybrid then whoever did it HAD to remove the axles... its been done on your car before, try the suggestions people made, and it will come off

SprayinCX

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jdmsiR20 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey you said you had a gs-r motor in there... if its a hybrid then whoever did it HAD to remove the axles... its been done on your car before, try the suggestions people made, and it will come off </TD></TR></TABLE>


well you would think so but i still have my old d16 axles well actually just one of them in my car. but i need to get the other axles of this other guys car for mine.

did that make any since to you? i don't know it sounds confusing.