So on my 97 civic, im trying to remove my driver side axle nut. impact guns wont budge it, i used an IG Rand 750 titanium series @ 150 psi. then broke to cheap breaker bars trying to budge it. then broke the heads off 3 craftsman ratchets. and now i have bent a snap on breaker bar almost 90 degrees trying to crack this nut loose. it wont budge! does anyone have some help they can offer here!!

* ps please dont say big breaker bar with a pipe.... cuz it dont work.

 

i would try lots and lots of pb blaster and some time then yes again, another breaker bar.
but you could take the caliper off if you didn't already and try some heat but then you run the risk of destroying the cv and prob ruining the wheel bearing.

 

You have to unbend the thingy around the nut to get it to turn, you did that right ? With a flat head screwdriver?

 

yes i did unbend the bent section on the nut.... i dont really have any access to heat.... :-\ i can go buy a burnzomatic but thats about it :-\

 

Heat it with a torch until it's good and hot (not red hot!) then grab a handful of snow and cool it rapidly. Ice water may work too. Do this 3 or 4 times then try to break it again.

 

Just buy like one of those...

 

i guess im off to buy one of those tomarrow... hopefully it works.

 

You actually bent a breaker bar? Did you have a cheater on there?

 

so i might of neglected to say in my first post... i was using about a 15 foot cheater pole.... came off of my grandfathers grapvine in the backyard.... and no im not exagurating the size... its about 15 feet long... that broke a one of the breaker bars... everything else broke with just a 2 foot lead pipe at the end of it. the snap on breaker bar bends with that 2 foot lead pipe...

 

you can try getting your hands on a 3/4 impact gun with a 3/4 to 1/2in adapter if you dont have the 3/4 axlenut socket

 

and u have the wheel on the ground right? when i did my engine swap and then tranny swap i always break the axle nuts on the ground

 

are you turning it the right way? i've never had trouble with axle nuts.

 

i always break axle nuts in the air :-\ i just jam a screwdriver in the rotor fin so it doesnt turn.



and yes im turning it the correct way lol...


so this morning i continued for about an hour trying to get it free.... and the snap on breaker bar broke... and sent my axle nut socket into my windshield.... so now i have a cracked windshield... and the nut is still ****in frozen....

 

whats the temps over there? u really should heat it up if nothing else is working...

 

wow what the hell?? man your axle nut is crazy!! I dont know what will get it out if an impact gun, a broken snap on bar or maybe even a torch cant get it off..

 

ive always used PB Blaster and just a little bit of heat to break them loose. also, make sure you use an impact socket, not just a regular hand socket. that makes a world of difference. sit on that bitch with an impact off and on and it will adventually come loose

 

ive been there dude!!i just got a metal grinder from lowes for $40 and cut the whole nut off in two pieces with the axle.it cuts like butter too!if you dont want it you can even return it saying it gets hot too quickly or something and you money back.

 

Heating it up should definitely work.

 

i have the same problem right now. mine is on the pass side axle nut. broke two breaker bars with pipes, wheel was still on ground, lubed well and heated up nut. i think threads are stripped. i wanna cut it (with rotor and caliper off of course)but it looks like im gonna hit the knuckle a lil bit. what to do??

 

heat lube heat lube heat lube lube lube heat heat heat heat heat cheater bar or 1" impact

 

use a dremel, cut off wheel...etc and slowly cut the nut off...carefull not to damage the threads if u still want your axle.. gl

 

what a mission bro good luck . thats why i always have a shop do my work they screw it up they have to replace it guaranteed work get me ..take it easy though be patient with it .take it easy

 

if you have gone through all that trouble and money on breaker bars i say just cut it off and get a fresh axle. just my .02 .

 

this happened to me a while back... i had removed the axle nut not even a week before! It was put on with a brand new snap-on impact. well after about a week i had to replace the axles and there was NOTHING that could budge this sob. so i kept driving it. sprayed PB blaster on it every time i got out of the car for about a week. then i got that bitch HOT and hit it with a 3/4 inch impact and it came right off. good luck

 

Man, and I thought I had car problems! LOL Why are you taking off your axle nut anyway? Gotta replace the axle? If worse comes to worse, just cut the friggin thing off.....