Fabrik8

And for your sanity later, use a torque wrench when you reinstall the (new) axle nut.

TTEOmason108

yeah we had a battery powered impact but it was pretty shitty. and his air compressor is broken so we couldnt use the air impact. ill deffinitely try heat and an impact tomorrow if i can get ahold of an air gun. she needs to go to MIR!!! haha thanks alot guys!

Cyanide Jello

Heres a thought... BUY BETTER TOOLS! Stanley/Advance Auto/Autozone is not good stuff...

Fabrik8

Gray iron pipe. Rawk.

Cyanide Jello

Jack handle and a Snapon 24" handled 1/2" drive breaker bar, what?

Edit: Wtf was I thinkin? You do/did this shit for a living...

Fabrik8

Why does everyone think I'm a mechanic or something like that???


I was just kidding about the pipe. It's pretty weak. I like nice Snap-On breaker bars, they're one of my favorite tools to borrow.

TTEOmason108

craftsman is good stuff

B-Well

lol
they are good in the sense that when you fuck them up, you can replace them very quiclky

snapon tools are much much better from the beginning.

your gonna need air tools, the impact hammer in the impact wrench will break the nut loose much better than linear force.

jaccord95

i had to have three people with mine...the e-brake was set the tranny was in gear had a pipe and a 1/2 inch breaker bar and the guy in the driver seat was holdin the brakes and finaly it broke loose

98formulaLS1

just out of curiousity, was it drivable? If so, I would have brought it to a shop, and get them to spin it off in 0.5 seconds, then tighten it to something managable. I did that year ago when I needed to replace my axles. I broke a 1/2 breaker bar w/ 6 foot pipe.