well i got home from school today at about 3:00 and my parts were in(new front knuckle and UCA) so i started tearing down my old suspension to get ready to put the new one in. BTW i got my car in an accident with some oldsmobile. anyway i took off the caliper, rotor and undid all the bolts keeping the knuckle on. so then i tryed pulling it off and it didnt come. then i noticed that i forgot to take the spindlenut off. so i take a flathead screwdriver and a hammer and bend the little holder into position. then i take my massive 32mm nut and start to turn i then notice that the hub turns with it, so i position a crowbar between the wheel nuts and try turning it again. and again and again ive been trying to get that damm nut off since bout 4:00 im literally worn out from pulling with all my might. any suggestions to how i can get it off?

 

put the car in gear. get a breaker bar, 3 foot pipe, apply slow pressure and it will break loose.

 

I weigth 215lbs.

I always angle the breaker bar (steering wheel locked so the hub is away from car) so that it is paralell with the ground.

Then I stand on the breaker bar and hop till the nut breaks loose. (hop without taking your foot off the breaker bar).

I was never able to break it loose with my hands.

 

what do you guys do to make sure it doesnt just rotate?

 

i have a friend put their foot on the brake while I stand on the breaker bar

 

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Leave the tranny in gear.

 

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of course, if you have an impact, that would be ideal.
just get a friend, your mom, or your dog to hold the brake while you break the axle nut loose with the help of a cheater pipe. done it before, works like a charm.

 

the brake wont work, lol i already removed the calipers

 

Just for everyones information, you can pull up more than you weigh, so standing on a bar isnt ideal

 

expletive me, i feel like an idiot. well i was able to remove the nut just by retrying after the WD-40 sunk in. well anyway i took ito off, then took the Knuckle off and just as im about to put my new one on, it dawned on me. i bought a knuckle from a 95 civic EX,(d-series) to put it on my del sol VTEC(b-series) so the ****** splines dont match up so i have to take my ball bearing to get pressed in the right hub, which means more dough out of my pocket, which means im an idiot. so i guess thats wht i get for being cheap

 

The splines should be the same

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by THEUSED &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The splines should be the same</TD></TR></TABLE> i guess ill check again....but either way the "new" knuckle assembly's wheel bearing has some play so ill have to change that too. i hate it when you try to fix a problem and then you find another