Replacing front hub.......NEED HELP!!!
Ok, i am in the process of replacing my front hub. Ive got everything off execpt for the damn nut that is holding the hub to the axle. It will bot budge. I tried exen jumping on the breaker bar and nothing happnes. IS there something i am missing here? please let me know.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Andyb22g »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... IS there something i am missing here? please let me know.</TD></TR></TABLE>The nut is staked down into a groove on the end of the axle. Did you use a punch or a nail or something to bend that out of the groove?
breaker bar and alotof muscle
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JimBlake »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The nut is staked down into a groove on the end of the axle. Did you use a punch or a nail or something to bend that out of the groove?</TD></TR></TABLE>
that groove you talk about doesn't matter, it will still twist off w/o punching it out.
best advice is: have someone stand on the brakes, and you put all the muscle you got into it. if that doesn't work, find someone w/ more muscle to do it while you stand on the brakes, it'll budge
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JimBlake »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The nut is staked down into a groove on the end of the axle. Did you use a punch or a nail or something to bend that out of the groove?</TD></TR></TABLE>
that groove you talk about doesn't matter, it will still twist off w/o punching it out.
best advice is: have someone stand on the brakes, and you put all the muscle you got into it. if that doesn't work, find someone w/ more muscle to do it while you stand on the brakes, it'll budge
ok, i ended up getting the but off with a impact but now i am having even more of a problem getting the acctual hub off!!!!!! is ther anything i can do to make this easer? ive already tried using the puller tool but whenever i tighten it the axle just pushes in.....
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