Knock
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i used an air impact on mine so i guess an electric one would do the trick as long as it has enough juice
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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!!!
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I have seen my dad use his huge breaker bar, a 3m scaffold tube stood on it bouncing up and down to break it
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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…
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sod it, just ordered an Electric Impact Wrench….....
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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??
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as far as i am aware it is a standard thread mate but will have to double check with someone on here
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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??
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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?
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they are standard thread, its probably just welded itself on from corrosion and heat
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@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…..
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I take it you have tried a big long scaffold bar to get some leverage?
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@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......!
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holy shit that is tight lol
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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!
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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!!
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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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I did wonder that Daniel, but I searched everywhere…there just wasnt a clip! I suspect that they changed this CV joint some time ago, and didnt bother fitting the circlip, and at the same time, not bothering to secure the ball joint with the two required bolts to the wishbone...shoddy work!
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knackers.
I cant get the ball joint back in!!!
I have tried and tried, but I feel I am doing something wrong? Basically, its like I need to tilt the hub so that I can line up the ball joint, but it wont go in.
I even tried removing the ball joint (as there was already a bolt missing) and it still wont lin eup, we are talking a couple of mm.
what am I doing wrong???
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are you trying to fit a new ball joint? As I think there are two sizes of pin.
early/late 17/19mm I think?