I am a tit!

[VeeDubGTI16v]

take the driveshaft completely off and do it, you will save yourself a lot of hassle! to get the hub nut off use a breaker bar wth a scaffold pole or similar over it with a screwdriver through the caliper into the groved disc. the other end is the splined 8mm bit

[Horney]

I don't have, nor know where to get a scafold pole and I'm fed up of spending money on it so I'm sure as hell not going to buy one. I have a really long breaker bar anyway which should be long enough. I was jumping up and down on it and it was just turning the wheel even though the full weight of the car was on it. I think it needs removing with an air wrench as the thread is badly coroded. The easiest root I think for me would be to buy a complete driveshaft already built up with new boots., but like I've said I don't have the money anymore and I've lost all patience with it.

Nick

[VeeDubGTI16v]

thats why you put a screwdriver between the caliper into the disk!

[tobz.]

I was gonna attempt a cv boot for the first time in a couple of weeks. Reading this thread has probably just saved me a lot of swearing, garage it is. Cheers Nick, sorry to hear about your woes though.

[Horney]

Something will break, I know it will. I don't want to go near it anymore.

Nick

[VeeDubGTI16v]

well if you find the motivation i can give you a hand some time this week, i might have a spare driveshaft as well (if 16v and 8v are the same fit?)

[JC]

I feel your pain mate

Been thru the same on the Project Driver. Rounded off a caliper bolt, tried drilling it out with no joy, so, had to change the front hub,

to get the hub nut off i had the car back on the wheels, but no caliper fitted, handbrake on, and all i could spin the front wheel  

so in the end i rigged up an axlestand , short extension bar and a breaker bar, , then SAT on the front wing whilst pushing down on the wheel with one foot, and pushing down on the breaker bar with the other.

Apparently , according to my kids, I have great balance, right up until the nut finally gave up and undid, with one hell of a crack.

good luck with whatever route you take.  

[mattneck(Beavis)]

The AA? or even those Mobile mechanics.. put it in Yell.com 

[jammac]

Something will break, I know it will. I don't want to go near it anymore.

Nick

sounds like you are already broken! 

[Horney]

All done thanks to Veedub16vGti, the man is a true gent and helped out with a new shaft with good boots and the right tools for swapping them over. I owe him big time!

Nick