smart51
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| posted on 29/3/05 at 08:01 PM |
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Sierra front hub nut
I have a pair of sierra front uprights and 2 new set of bearings. one of the hub nuts came off easily, the other won't budge.
how do I get it off?
I have a 41mm socket and a 500mm arm. I tried to put a 1m tube on the arm but bent the tube and ripped my (makeshift) work bench apart. any advice
would be welcome.
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hector
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| posted on 29/3/05 at 08:02 PM |
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probably because one is conventional right hand thread ,and the other is left hand!!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 29/3/05 at 08:06 PM |
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Sounds like the right answer, but I'd be suspicious if one "came off easily"! They usually need the big bar (and a strong bench!)
even when it is used the right way!
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hector
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| posted on 29/3/05 at 08:15 PM |
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you can tell which is which by colour coded plastic in the "nyloc" part of nut, the r/h thread is BLUE, and the l/h thread is YELLOW.
NS you are dead right, mine were very tight to remove aswell!!
hope this helps
colin
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smart51
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| posted on 29/3/05 at 09:23 PM |
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I noticed that one was a LH thread and one RH. The back to front thread came off easiest (it came off) it took quite a bit of force with a long bar
but not as much as I expected.
It is the conventional thread that won't budge. I checked several times to make sure I was pushing the right way. WD40, a bent tube and a sore
elbow later and still no joy.
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/3/05 at 09:32 PM |
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impact wrench at local garage. dead easy!
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Avoneer
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| posted on 29/3/05 at 11:23 PM |
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Hi,
One was loose 'cause I loosened it, just never got round to the other one - sorry.
At least the rear ones are off which are the real problem.
Anyway - big vice and 24" scaffolding bar did it for me.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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bigandy
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| posted on 30/3/05 at 09:53 AM |
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I gave up on my Sierra front hubs in the end. I tried everything to get them off, including scaffold poles, penetrating fluid the lot.
In then end I went grovelling down to the local garage, and they really peed me off by undoing it in about 10 seconds with massive impact wrench. I
told them I must have loosened it.
If you want the easiest way, then get down to your local garage! Otherwise, build yourself a stronger workbench, get a bigger vice, and a
stronger/longer bit of tubing or breaker bar!
Cheers
Andy
By the way, both my hub nuts were left hand threads. Off the same car and everything!
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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smart51
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| posted on 30/3/05 at 12:07 PM |
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found a big bench bolted to a wall with a big vice. Had to get a 1.5m pole onto it before it would budge but it did.
thanks to all.
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