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Cv Joint fail!!!!

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2.8K views 24 replies 13 participants last post by  Ritchy  
#1 ·
Hey guys went to replace my cv joints today and failed to get the hub nut of I punched out the dent on the nut and used a pole over my wrench made it over 20" but managed to bend both of my wrenches and move the car lol but the nut did not move had plenty of wd40 too.

Any ideas guys heres a pic of the hub nut in case im missing something??

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#2 ·
Well first things first you need a lot more than a wrench/racket. You need a breaker bar and the trick is to "shock" with a jolt rather than building up the torque.
 
#7 ·
i used a breaker bar an literally kept bouncing on it until its nuts loosened up
and i am talkin about takin the hub nuts off, cuz i know that sounds a bit dodgy
 
#8 ·
Hey guys went to replace my cv joints today and failed to get the hub nut of I punched out the dent on the nut and used a pole over my wrench made it over 20" but managed to bend both of my wrenches and move the car lol but the nut did not move had plenty of wd40 too.

Any ideas guys heres a pic of the hub nut in case im missing something??
I may be wrong in this case, but on many cars that nut is a left hand thread on one side and right hand on the other.
 
#10 ·
heat and windy gun, or get someone who knows what there doing on it.
 
#22 · (Edited)
ive literally never in 6 years had problems undoing a hub nut on any car, and never bother hammering the dents out personally just undo them and that straightens them out, tbh if you cant get it off with a bar then chances are buzz gun wont take it off either, got a top of the range snap on one that wont take things off sometimes so usually a case of getting someone to press the brake and using a 2 foot breaker bar, should only be torqued at 200 NM anyway which is pretty much nothing thinking tools are what are letting you down here
200 NM is equivelant to 20kg force on a 1metre lever so should be about 30kg on your 20" lever
 
#24 ·
Like someone said before, it'll need shocking not progressive pressure.