hub nut

[oakgreengolf]

Changing the cv gaitors cant get the hub nut off am i right in thinking its anti clockwise

[JimR]

Yup, its anti clockwise, its also the tightest nut you'll ever have to undo. Plenty of WD40 and alot of brute force is whats needed, persevere but it is very tight.

[oakgreengolf]

Ive got a halfords 1/2 torque rench which has a long bar on it are they guarenteed? Think it will brake if i try any harder

[saul79]

use a breaker bar or piece off scaff pipe to lengthen the bar easier to undo the then

[JimR]

And don't use your torque wrench to undo nuts, its a cardinal sin. As said, a half inch breaker bar and good balance as you stand on the end of it bouncing up and down.

[oakgreengolf]

Have tried that ill wack plenty of wd40 on tonight and look for a longer length of tubing. I presume the nut has to come off to change the outer cv rubber

[nealey]

Yes that bolt has to come off

[catflea]

Grrr,  this always gets me.  WD40 is not a penetrating fluid!

You would do better using plusgas.  Available from all good tool suppliers / halfords etc.

[JC]

mine where that tight i actually got my golf doing a wheelspin without the engine running   

Good luck

[mk2mark]

Not too sure about golfs, but it's possible that only one side has an anticlockwise nut. Also for getting it off try getting your hands on an airgun, when I was doing the back axle on the kit-car it was the only way that worked, including a 10ft breaker bar!