i have a 95 accord lx and i am trying to replace the passenger side axle. can anyone tell me if the hub nut is reverse thread because i have broken 3 breaker bars and my impact isnt cuttin it. am i turning it the wrong way or do i just need to get a 1" impact? help greatly appreciated

 

are you using 1/2 breaker bar?
Oh don't forget to hummer that groove out from the nut

 

the nut isn't reverse thread and most of the time it's locked down by a groove. Just hammer out the groove first and use the bar. Most of the time, i just use my impact gun to take it off.

 

unstalk the nut first, and no, leftie lossy for axle nut.

spray some juice on it and let it seat

 

unstake the nut with a flat head screw driver and use a 3/4" ratchet and a pipe. upgrade to some big boy tools.

i broke so many kragens and freight harbor 1/2" ratchets/breaker bars they stopped giving me new ones on warranty. had to go to a different location to get em replaced. lol

 

well i finally got it but i ended up having to grind down the nut then split it off. you will never guess what i went through before going that far though. i broke 3 snapon 1/2 in breaker bars so i then moved to bigger artillery which was a 1 in breaker bar 4ft long which is made for big trucks. that was a no go too all i did was bend 4 pry bars and all my studs trying to hold the wheel from turning. yea fun. i was able to reach the nut with my steely on so i dropped the car w/ the tire on but even with someone on brake 2 of us were liftin the car up so much the wheel was spinnin even with someone on the brake. yea i know it sounds unbelievable but it happened im surprised i didnt break anything on the car. so after all that fun i decided i was gonna just cut the nut and well that finally worked. by the way yes i did remove the stake and i did even try heating the nut up but no go. anywayz thanx all for your helped figured id let u know how i made out but yea its all back together now all i gotta do is catch up with the snap on truck and replace my tools : )

 

dont worry it happen to me too. i end up cutting the thing off and replaced it with a new one.

 

This is of no use to you now, but . . . I used a slider bar with a 3/4 drive. The 18 inch slider allowed me to have the socket in the middle with 8 inches on either side. With the tire on the ground and a friendly foot on the brakes the bar goes in a horizontal position on the passenger wheel. The floor jack went under the 3 o'clock side (right) and a bar went on the 9 o'clock side (left). Leaning down on the bar while jacking up the other side broke it loos like it was nothing, this is after snapping 3 1/2 inch breakers on it. Just in case you have the misfortune of doing this again.