Oks...So the motor is getting pulled from my rex...And apon removing the hub nuts.....THEY WONT BUDGE...like AT ALL. The part that is supposed to retain the nut IS bent outwards, which should allow the nut to rotate. We have tried Liquid Wrench and other methods such as jumping on the breaker bar. Nothing seems to work. Is it ABLSOLUTELY NECESSARY to remove the axles this way? Is it possible to remove the entire shock tower and pull the axle from the tranny? No matter what, this motor has GOT to come out...Any suggestions? I'm desperate! Please help me!

 

you can undo the knuckles & tie rods and swing the axles & everything free, leaving the axles in the hubs.....

eventually you'll need to address that problem though, and now sounds like the right time

 

Yeah, what he said ^

Get a floor jack, 3" extention, 6pt socket and breaker bar. Put the breaker bar on the nut so that you have at least 4-6" from the handle tip to the ground if possible. Put the jack under the extention for a pivot point. Get a really heavy dude to stand on it.

First time I had to get em off my EG, I had to use a torch to heat em up, prop my back against the garage, have a friend hold the brakes so the car wouldn't move and used both legs to leg press it loose.

I've also had to have my 300+lb friends stand on wrenches to get em off.

They're a bitch, heat is your friend, and you're going to need alot of torque to get it off. Find yoruself a good 6ft length of steel tubing that you can slip over the breaker bar if you can't get it.

 

my breaker bar is a ten foot pole. so invest in a ten foot pole lol

 

 

yea definately get them off while the pieces are still on the car and can be held still, just dont give up, they WILL come off eventually, make sure the staked side of the nut is pulled out, that helps some, I broke 3 breaker bars on my old EG trying to bust these loose, just get a good breaker bar, a nice length of steel pipe, heat them suckers up and give them hell!

 

I never have any issues but I do it the way above.

Get a axle stand, 3" extention, 6pt socket and breaker bar. Put the breaker bar on the nut so that you have at least 4-6" from the handle tip to the ground if possible. Put the axle stand under the extention for a pivot point.

I learned that trick at the track one night when we were trying to get the tranny out of our vw.

 

hahahaha...i like the 10 foot pole idea

 

Thanks alot for the input guys! I'll have to wait until tomorrow to try again...I'm too tired tonight.

 

ive heard of people using a dremel when its too stubborn.

what i did was stick screwdriver in the vane of the rotor and have it press againts the caliper. Used a good breakerbar duralast or something that wont break and literally put all my weight on it and it eventually came off.

The screwdriver in the rotor works well

and try an impact gun

 

attitude adjustor

 

i think this is what ozrednsx is kinda talkign about

 

yea thats how i do it when i cant use my big air gun. I've broken off the end of a mitsubishi axle with a 5 foot bar and my 3/4 inch breaker bar. it hit me in the leg and i limped for a month. BE CAREFUL YOU DONT HURT YOURSELF.

 

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be careful not to mess up your wheel studs doing this ^^

 

wait... question, the way i have dont it and was told to do it, was to keep the wheel on, and keep the car on the ground, the do it like that... maybe im wrong....

 

i kept my car w/ wheel on, on the ground, and used my bar from my weight set as a breaker bar. worked perfect.

 

another thing that i hope you did that might help, is take something, and pick the little tab that your supposed to bend in when you put it in... it helps.....

 

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yeah i used the same setup.. i just went to sears and bought a nice break bar (guaranteed for life) and then went to home depot and bought really heavy duty piping like maybe 5-6 feet of it and then made the cheater bar from hell... Popped the center cap and had someone step on the brakes and then went to work... Works every time!!

 

what i did was, put the breaker bar on the axle nut (with my tire on) and i rolled the car so the tip of the breaker bar was resting on my jack at its lowest point. then i had my gf step on the brakes while i jacked the handle up till it broke loose. its basically using the weight of the car to break the nut free

 

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i did that too, my wheel SPUN!!!!

no motor in the front end to weigh it down i guess. so a friend had to sit with a foot on the brake.

 

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if my gf was there i would have made her step on the brakes but when your alon you have to improvise

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it doesnt really mess up anythign and if you have any doubts jsut get a shop rag or something and tie it arounbd the stuts

 

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I stuck a screw driver in between the rotor and the caliper which kept the axle from rotating. Axle nut came right off using a breaker bar and a pipe.

 

I tried the screwdriver in the rotor thing, broke two screwdrivers before I just put it on the ground with the wheel on/center cap removed.

I've also done it with a prybar wedged in the wheel studs.

You definitely need heat and a cheater bar if you don't have a huge compressor/line/impact gun

 

why pull the axle nuts? the motor/trans CAN come out with the axles still in the hubs...

 

Update: SUCCESS!!! I took salesmonkey's advice and invested in a 10 foot pole lol. ALOT easier than the standard breaker bar. This time I did it with the wheels on...Got it first try! Thanks guys!