k so i have a 89 si................with a axle nut from hell..... it has to be like welded on there i swear... ive broke 3 breaker bars in the proccess... .. even a craftsman... i dont have any power tools and i dont really want to tow my car to a shop... does anyone have an idea how i can get the bastard offf???? thanks in advance guys

 

Make sure you pound the nut peice out of the notch in your axle that may be keeping it in there.

 

Take a dremel and cut a notch in it ALMOST all the way through (so that you don't mess up the threads, unless you don't care about the axle). The nut should come off with ease after that.

 

Well if you're replacing the axle, you can just drill through the axle nut. Drill where there is a slot in the axle, the part where you would notch in the lip from the axle nut down after you tighten it usually. Drill it until you put a split in the nut, it should break right off then. Had to do that on my DA The reason you drill in a slit is to relieve the grip the nut has on the threads of the axle.

 

thanks guy i will try this all out tmorrow

 

the notch will not hold that nut taht tightly, its probably seized on from dirt and rust, if you keep snapping 1/2" breaker bars, you could go and get some 3/4" ones, but those are $$

i snapped 6 crapsman breaker bars in a row before i gave up and pulled the whole knuckle off and brought it home to zip it off with the impact wrench,

 

I got mine off with a 3/4" drive rachet and a 4' pipe.

 

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I snapped a Snap-On 1/2" bar.. Get an Impact gun. They are pretty cheap if you already have an air supply.

 

heat put a torch on it and get it really hot.

 

DID JUST THAT BUT USED A BREAKER BAR INSTEAD WITH A 4"POLE

 

I have been in that situation myself, I used a torque wrench to get that damn nut loose. it worked, I think it was 4 pounds of torque.

 

hopefully more than 4, or 40. And you shouldn't be using a torque wrench for that kind of thing. Unless you got one of thost junk pointer style.

 

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Those are good... infact, I would trust one of those over most clicker style.

 

ive done that with a 1/2 breaker bar and a 6ft pipe and it was so hard... now i just use a impact gun at 120psi and its so easy from there

 

i got the dremel out today and ginded the **** out of it.. still cant get it off... going to have my friend bring over his compressor and try that.. tried gettin the nucle off but those bolts are ******* stuck.. even used a breaker bar and a jack pole on it... will work on it some more tmrrow thanks guys

 

I have had a shop loosen a crank pulley bolt for me...
they did it free..

the axle nut and the crank pulley bolt, are the two most stuck bolts on a cRX..

and newbs seem to have issues with the bitch pin..

 

got it off!!!!!! thanks craftsman 3/4 drive breaker bar!!!!!