ok on the way home from work, the axle broke thank god for my welded dif.. and i was TRYING to change it.. got everything off but the big bolt through hub.. the incher and 1/4 wont come off tried everything.. anything you guys can think of.. i tried a breaker bar, heat and air pole on the breaker bar it just wont come off.. any suggestions

 

will 92 - 95 hubs work.. on my 90 civic hatch

 

The big bolt in the hub? The Axle castle nut????? If thats it, theres a little slot that the lip of the nut is banged onto, so it doesnt spin off. Get that lip up, and w00t.

 

forgot to say i did that.. saftey first.. always make sure you do that.. when you reinstall the castle nut

 

just use an air impact.. if you don't have access to air just get an electric impact, thats the only way i could get mine off. I broke a 1/2" breaker bar trying to get it off, then broke down and went to sears and bought an electric impact.

 

^^^^ i agree... when i changed my axles, i banged the hell out of those stubborn axle nuts.. thank God for creating air impact tools.. makes everything a breeze... btw after you get them off... you should buy a new pair of castle bolts... they're usually like 2 for $5..

 

There's always the cheap alternative to break open an axle nut, this is what I used


Modified by c_fud at 10:34 AM 5/3/2005

 

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OMG I need that!

 

Did you make sure to use a screwdriver to unseat the nut from groove in the axle?? The nut is split so it bites into the key in the end of the axle. I would suggest a heavy duty impact or a large breaker. I ended up using a 4 ft piece of pipe and a 1/2 inch socket to remove those pita axle nuts.

 

It took very little force to loose the axle nut with that bar (both the VW in the picture as well as my CRX), and it cost me $5.50 at Home Depot.

 

have a friend hold the brakes and use a breaker bar/your muscles keep trying and it will eventually break loose

 

yeah, put er in gear, and get a real long pipe and put in on to the wrenches handle as an extension, and just jump on her. She'll come off

 

Get a 4 foot piece of pipe and a 3/4 inch breaker bar/1 1/4 impact socket, and pop her loose. With that setup, you dont even have to bend out the castle nut beforehand :D

 

when i did mine the passenger side came off pretty easy buy the driver side was hell. I broke a Johnson Bar, wasted half of a propane torch, broke a flathead screwdriver, and broke many titanium drill bits. but in the end the drill bits came through. If you are really stuck like i was just drill the hell out of the nut untill it falls apart. hack job ...but it worked.

 

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welded diff?

 

FYI that's not a castle nut. A castle nut is the one thats on the balljoint.

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When you weld the spider gears on a dif, it acts as a spool. The tires are always spinning at the same pace because of the mechanical connection. The normal diff allows a differential in speed, and open diffs send all the torque to the axle with the least resistance. If he broke it with the open diff, he probably wouldn't be able to drive. The welded diff allowed him to drive back probably.

 

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ok ... i had no idea you could do that to fwd.. wheres the writeup??

 

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You probably don't want to do it on a street car

 

i just put a breaker bar on top of a hydrolic 2 ton jack...and started to jack the break bar up till it broke the nut loose...took about 2 mins cause i was scared the break bar flys off and hits me...so i hit behind under the car roller thing

 

I just remove the axle nut with a 1/2" drive wrachet and a cheater bar. I'm a ******* man!

 

i tried everything you guys said to do... but one thing putting the jack underneath the breaker bar and jacking it up good idea.. thanks guy and if there are any other suggestions let me know please

 

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