shortie
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| posted on 25/3/04 at 09:15 AM |
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Sierra Hub Bolts
Does anyone happen to know the spanner size required for the front hub on a sierra? I want to buy a spanner on the way home at Halfords but forgot to
look up the size!
thanks,
Rich.
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Peteff
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| posted on 25/3/04 at 09:35 AM |
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If you want to buy it in a 1/2" drive size it's a special so it should be labelled as a Sierra hub spanner. The same size fits the rear
nuts as well. 41mm if you are buying a 3/4" drive but it will cost 3 times as much.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 25/3/04 at 10:10 AM |
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if its like the rear ones, hlfords do a socket specially labelled for sierra hub nuts.
Its tightened to gadzillion lb foot.
you need a breaker bar or a tube over your std wrench.
BEWARE that one side has an opposite thread, and the rears at least are nylocks
atb
steve
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jimgiblett
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| posted on 25/3/04 at 04:07 PM |
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If you need a 41mm socket you are welcome to borrow mine if you want Rich.
One of those sockets that you rarely need. Are the hubs still on the car? If not you may find them a real b1tch to remove.
Cheers
Jim
[Edited on 25/3/04 by jimgiblett]
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Julian B
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| posted on 25/3/04 at 07:28 PM |
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If its as tight as the rear hub nuts are, as said at 1 gadzilloin lb/ft of torque you might have a job finding 1/2 socket man enough.
I ended up borrowing a Tractor 3/4" socket set and a 8 ft scaffold pole. Still bloody dangerous though.
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 25/3/04 at 09:10 PM |
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I did it with a 1/2 socket and a 2ft breaker bar.
bar cost 20 quid from halfords, but you can undo almost anything with it.
cept perhaps Kylies undies
atb
steve
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craig1410
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| posted on 25/3/04 at 11:46 PM |
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Steve,
Yeah I got one of those Halfords breaker bars and I think it says on it that it is rated to 450lbft or so which should make it practically unbreakable
unless you use a seriously long bit of tubing over it or are very heavy/strong. I weight about 12 stones so I can happily jump on the end (336lbft)
without worrying about busting it.
By the way, are the rear hub nuts reuseable or should they be renewed?
Cheers,
Craig.
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shortie
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 08:51 AM |
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From what I am reading sounds like it may be better to leave well alone, they sound fine so I might just clean them up and paint them! Just thought
it may be nice to replace the bearings.
Jim, you have a good point about them not being on the car as I could well end up ripping the vice off the bench!!!
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Peteff
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| posted on 26/3/04 at 11:18 AM |
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The fronts are not as tight as the rears. It gives a high torque figure for them in the manual but if you try to achieve this the wheels will not
turn.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Hellfire
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 10:47 AM |
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quote:
Originally by Craig
By the way, are the rear hub nuts reuseable or should they be renewed?
IIRC nylocs can be used 3 times reliably according to manufacturer's specifications - but who hasn't used them more and never had a
problem? (AVALANCHE)
The nearside nuts are left hand cut, normally marked by a notch cut across the corners. They undo clockwise! This is to reduce the risk of the nuts
undoing when in normal forward rotation where they will only tighten. Opposite on other side. I believe F1 racecars use identical idea for holding
wheels on.
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Peteff
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 01:43 PM |
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Opposite on other side. I believe F1 racecars use identical idea for holding wheels on.
So does my grandson's pushchair . It's not F1 technology, it's common sense.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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mackie
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 02:22 PM |
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We bought a 41mm impact socket and took the removed hub/trailing arm assemblies to a friendly local garage who used their air wrench on em for
free.
They wouldn't budge with the breaker bar.
James I believe mentioned that when he had his done by a garage they needed to set the wrench to 500lbft!
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ned
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| posted on 1/4/04 at 02:47 PM |
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had mine done at a local garage with an air wrench, the guy wouldn't take any money off me either. Just remember to ask nicely!!
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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