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General => General discussion => Topic started by: gino-93 on 17 April 2011, 16:14
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hi
im trying to change the drive shaft on my mk3 golf (passengerside) and the bolt and treads are completely f*cked, its not going anywhere, i tried using some scaffolding bar and all it did was bend the the metal i put it on!!!.
what can i do will i have to cold chisel it off?
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erm, pictures required , cos how the hell has the thread been damaged, the nut usually only just covers the end of the threads :huh:
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will get pics tommorow, as im at work in an hour, there is like 4 threads showing, and the person before must have given up and just battered it to try get it off but was unsuccessful
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Very strange. :undecided:
Unless it was cross threaded.
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3/4 inch drive breaker bar will do it.
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looks like they have been chisiling away at it and all the threads are destroyed as in flat? :undecided:
i really need it off as my driveshaft is gone
cheers
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Doubt it's that, they are fecking tight. I literally lifted the car off the axle stand undoing it.
Needs to be a 90 degree, not at all bent, bar and it will slowly loosen.
If it's THAT bad just angle grind the showing threads.
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Doubt it's that, they are fecking tight. I literally lifted the car off the axle stand undoing it.
Needs to be a 90 degree, not at all bent, bar and it will slowly loosen.
If it's THAT bad just angle grind the showing threads.
You tried to undo the nut when the car was on stands?
You're a braver man than me :grin:
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Doubt it's that, they are fecking tight. I literally lifted the car off the axle stand undoing it.
Needs to be a 90 degree, not at all bent, bar and it will slowly loosen.
If it's THAT bad just angle grind the showing threads.
You tried to undo the nut when the car was on stands?
You're a braver man than me :grin:
or just living up to his name :grin:
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Doubt it's that, they are fecking tight. I literally lifted the car off the axle stand undoing it.
Needs to be a 90 degree, not at all bent, bar and it will slowly loosen.
If it's THAT bad just angle grind the showing threads.
You tried to undo the nut when the car was on stands?
You're a braver man than me :grin:
or just living up to his name :grin:
:lipsrsealed: :smiley:
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Doubt it's that, they are fecking tight. I literally lifted the car off the axle stand undoing it.
Needs to be a 90 degree, not at all bent, bar and it will slowly loosen.
If it's THAT bad just angle grind the showing threads.
(http://www.strapping-solutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/She-Ra_dvd_anniversary.jpg)
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haha cheers guys, looks like the angle grinder it is :rolleyes:
least i get to have some fun :laugh:
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Had two of us under a breaker bar to get my rear strut bolts out, one person stood on the drum.
Some bolts are harder than others... Especially once they've rusted stuck.
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if there really f**ked i drill the nut then get the big air inpacter on them.
chunt is on mk3's sometimes the glue the shafts in as well. and it's sledgehammer and sparks to get em out
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Scrap it.
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Burn it.
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Doubt it's that, they are fecking tight. I literally lifted the car off the axle stand undoing it.
Needs to be a 90 degree, not at all bent, bar and it will slowly loosen.
If it's THAT bad just angle grind the showing threads.
You tried to undo the nut when the car was on stands?
You're a braver man than me :grin:
Bit difficult not to when you only have three wheels on the car.
It was fine, people just need to grow a pair, that's all. What's the worse that can happen? A car about to be scrapped falling on it's brake disc/chassis.
OMFG.
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although its miles easier when the wheels on with car on the ground imho
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although its miles easier when the wheels on with car on the ground imho
Feel free to go back in time and bring me a 14" or bigger 57.1mm 4x100 wheel then. :grin:
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was feeling kind so when takeing my new time machene for a spin i went back in time to fetch your wheel, i even managed to find it but then i thought, f**k it and weighed the wheel in and bought lottery tickets with the proceeds.
soz but that idea just seemed so much better
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Doubt it's that, they are fecking tight. I literally lifted the car off the axle stand undoing it.
Needs to be a 90 degree, not at all bent, bar and it will slowly loosen.
If it's THAT bad just angle grind the showing threads.
You tried to undo the nut when the car was on stands?
You're a braver man than me :grin:
Bit difficult not to when you only have three wheels on the car.
It was fine, people just need to grow a pair, that's all. What's the worse that can happen? A car about to be scrapped falling on it's brake disc/chassis.
OMFG.
What happened to the wheel then?
Its nothing to do with growing a pair, its about working safely.
Work how you want, it doesn't bother me :tongue: