Knock



  • sweet, i will order it, very cheap just hope its good enough quality!



  • yeah that defo looks like the one i replaced on my old mx3. good find btw, i will be getting one of these for my new one ;)



  • ok chaps, the saga continues.

    so, I cant get the damned hub nut loose!!!!

    I need your advice. I have tried a little heat but i dont have a proper blow torch. I have so far broken one head on my 22" breaker bar, and also bent the same breaker bar, I have also tried this using a 4ft steel pole, which is very heavy.

    so now, im stuck!

    so I started looking at electric impact wrenches, will one of these do the trick??



  • i used an air impact on mine so i guess an electric one would do the trick as long as it has enough juice



  • ohhhh FFFS!!!!!!

    cant undo the damn nut. tried everything I can ,minus impact wrench, now I am concerned even that wont budge it. I have SAT on the damn extension bar, and ALL I can achieve, is bending my breaker bar!!!

    I cant decide if I should invest in a Clarke Impact Wrench and socket, or a blowtorch and dremel….?? help!!!



  • I have seen my dad use his huge breaker bar, a 3m scaffold tube stood on it bouncing up and down to break it



  • well, my breaker bar is fairly hefty, and i have a very hefty 4 ft pole, but i am not exactly a big lad!!

    im going to have to get an impact wrench and see if that helps, oh, and a blow torch…



  • sod it, just ordered an Electric Impact Wrench….....



  • chaps.

    got mi Impact Wrench, first try was a no go, but I kinda expected that :/

    anyhooo, have sprayed penetrating oil on, and im going to buy a new 3/4" breaker bar, but, i need to double check, which way is the thread for the passenger front hub??



  • as far as i am aware it is a standard thread mate but will have to double check with someone on here



  • just thought, although I have chiselled out the wedge but is there anythign else to remove first? There doesnt look to be, but im worried I am trying to undo the nutt he wrong way or i have missed a circlip or something??



  • will be a standard thread im sure, lefty loosie righty tighty.
    Can you not take it to a local friendly garage and get them to uncrack it for you?



  • they are standard thread, its probably just welded itself on from corrosion and heat



  • @582d41cff9=youdirtyfox:

    will be a standard thread im sure, lefty loosie righty tighty.
    Can you not take it to a local friendly garage and get them to uncrack it for you?

    if I cant do it this weekend, then I will take it down the road. I wouldnt say they were a friendly garage, but if I ask nicely they might do it for me…..



  • I take it you have tried a big long scaffold bar to get some leverage?



  • @a6b7cd2a5c=mx3gulf:

    I take it you have tried a big long scaffold bar to get some leverage?

    yup….broke my 1/2" breaker bar, bent the bar too......!



  • holy shit that is tight lol



  • bought 3/4" breaker bar and appropriate impact socket, took all of 20 seconds and I hardly had to try, very chuffed….

    now i just got to work out how to swap the CV joint!



  • ok, spent a while studying and figured out how to swap my CV. what I did find, is that the old one was MISSING the circlip, which I believe explains the knocking noise and drive shaft movement, because now, its solid. I am also missing one of the two bolts holding the ball joint to the wishbone, so I need to replace that before putting everything back together and torquing up!!



  • you may find that the circlip came off with the joint itself. glad you managed to get it off though bud, congrats :)


 

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