How it the world does this nut come off?

[tulsamike3434]

am I missing something?


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[Bryan Raffa]

Im gonna say a socket? whats the problem?

[tulsamike3434]

That sucker won't budge! i even used some....

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[tulsamike3434]

is there something better?

[shortline10]

Air impact . make an investment in one :lol:

[Scootertrash]

try an impact wrench? left hand thread maybe?Throw a little heat on it? If you try to heat it go easy since your staor/alternaor is back there. I use Kroil, but I have PB Blaster and a couple other penetrating oils too. I really like the Kroil.

[dougspcs]

Electric impact is cheaper and not everyone has air..

[philgipson]

check your service manual could be a left hand thread,harley is.

[tulsamike3434]

Air impact . make an investment in one :lol:


God dang im a freaking retard! lol

[shortline10]

Just a reg thread lefty loosey righty tighty LOL . Their are no backward threads on that motor .



check your service manual could be a left hand thread,harley is.

[slaughter]

use a breaker bar or put a long pole on your ratchet if you dont have one
a fat friend to put there weight down on it doesnt hurt either :Bounce

[Nubbinz]

Make sure your motor is held down nice and good, put your socket and ratchet on it, and turn your ratchet with a car jack. I shattered a cast iron ratchet trying to loosten brake callipers doing that though so dont use a nice one.

[bkm]

"F" all the breaker bar/cheater bar/fatbrother/bumperjack 1-ton pickup crap. Get an impact and hold the flywheel with your hand and it will come right off. I've taken dozens of engines apart from all different manufactures and have never once had a flywheel give me a problem.

Invest in the right tools to do the job or you'll end up spending twice the amount on broken parts trying to do things the hard way. You go using breaker bars on things like this and what are you going to use to hold the flywheel? Guys go jamming crap in places where stuff like that doesn't belong and next thing you know you've got a broken case or something along those lines. Or s stripped flywheel nut, then where are you at?

[250Eddie]

yea i wouldnt use a breaker bar, Id try and get an impact gun, its gonna help with a ton more things lol.

[atc300r]

If you cant afford a impact .Some of your auto parts stores loan or rent them.

[tulsamike3434]

Watch the language....
what now?

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[tulsamike3434]

Im about to throw it in the trash!

[mohadib]

How did you round it off?

[tulsamike3434]

with the socket it calls for in the manual

[Chazz of Blades]

Impact all the way.

When I took the nut off the Husky it took me a few days to get it. First time it'd EVER been off, and I tried ratchets and cheater bars, wrenches and hammers, everything.

I finally got my hands on the biggest honking half inch impact that I could, and spent nearly two hours pounding on it, but that sucker came off!


You might still be able to get an impact on that, I don't see a ratchet grabbing enough.

[mohadib]

The cost of air tools is often cheaper than the cost of not having air tools :s Good luck with the nut.

[tulsamike3434]

im trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro now that one is going in the trash heep and ill grab another one!

[DasUberKraut]

Such a waste of good parts. Grind the edges flat and try again with air.

[atc300r]

Use a good quality 6 point socket.It should be 17 mill.

[tulsamike3434]

thats what I used

[tri again]

I've seen worse.
I've also driven around with stuff like that in the truck and pull up to a shop
or 2.

Most mechanics love a challenge and bragging rights about their tools.
Some tire shop guy may run an airline out to your rig with a super expensive
impact setup and buzz it off.
Be glad the threads are still ok.
Worse case is to cut the nut off.
Air chisel in the correct direction ?
I have a nut splitter in the truck I got from HF for a few bucks and looks like it might fit on there.


we used to take off locking lug nuts like that faster than finding the special key tool.

Of course, there were no bearings to worry about.

so why are you going in there in the first place?

and we're all sure it's not reverse thread?

and what's that bs about mac or snap on that puts socket and wrench pressure
away from the edges of the nuts or bolts? 80's marketing at it's finest, as I recall.

[Dirtcrasher]

Your socket must have slipped off.

You need in impact gun so you can put forwards pressure on it.

6 point, black impact socket........

[bkm]

Your socket must have slipped off.

You need in impact gun so you can put forwards pressure on it.

6 point, black impact socket........

That is exactly what happened just like I said it would in my first post. I know air tools aren't cheap, but none of this stuff is. If you wanna play you gotta pay. Trying to do this stuff the knuckle busting way is like pissing in the wind.

[jr315rn]

You can bring a horse to water but you can't make him drink

[Dirtcrasher]

I think he's mighty thirsty :lol:

[110klt]

Short story,

Guy accrost the street spent 3 days trying to get a bolt loose on a truck motor. I asked him if he had an air compressor, he replied yes. I handed him my impact gun and sockets. He was back in 5 minutes handing me back my stuff. I asked did it not work. He replied NO, guess it's off and I'm done.

Moral of the story, There is no substatute for the right tool.

[Jason125m]

My question is, how did you round that nut with a 6 point socket?

[110klt]

My question is, how did you round that nut with a 6 point socket?

not enough forward pressure and got it crooked on the nut. Been there, Done that.

[yamaha driver]

if you have a hard time filing that use a standard socket a little smaller or mabey even a 1 size smaller metric socket that you do not need and pound it on. i got off a couple hub nuts that were almost round with this method

[jr315rn]

Buy the correct tool for the job, if you dont have the tools do not take it apart.

[hoosierlogger]

God dang im a freaking retard! lol

You said it. LOL

[Scootertrash]

Now, now young man, there's no call for that kind of language! http://www.cool-smileys.com/images/2079.gif (http://www.cool-smileys.com/another-smiley-nodding-his-finger) http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a14/GottaLuvItMore/animated/slap.gif

[twitch101]

buy a dremel, cut a relief to let some pressure off the threads...or...just finish it off with the dremel by cutting the nut in half. takes some finesse but a variable speed dremel with a good set of bits can be a life saver. also, its cheaper than a good impact. im not familiar with that motor at all so its up to you and others to figure out of it really is left hand thread. i lost a 350x crank by forcing a stake nut off the crank in my old 350x cause i didnt take the time to research properly.

[HuffieVA]

Well I stripped that god dam motherfucking too ball trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailpro... what now?

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Invest in better sockets, Snap-On / Mac / Matco they aren't just fancy names they are designed to put the force on the sides of the nut unlike Craftsman or other store brand sockets that are just made to fit over the nut and put all the force on the corners. I've had many a stripped nut that a Craftsman socket would just spin on and a Snap-On would just grab on to what was left and off comes the nut...

[tulsamike3434]

i bought an impact came right off!

[tri again]

i bought an impact came right off!

YaY!!! Congrats
was it reverse thread or just stuck?

What's next?
stator? crank seal?

[tulsamike3434]

YaY!!! Congrats
was it reverse thread or just stuck?

What's next?
stator? crank seal?

just stuck!

[250Eddie]

ROFL should have gotten one right off the bat. :w00t: