hub nut

[bigman_10]

yh the nut has to come off, like every one said its the tighter than a tight thing! i had to use a legth of scaffold pole with my dads breaker bar. just get one person to put ther foot on the back of the socket to hold it square otherwise it slips off well easy. it still takes some fair force on the scaffold pole to get it off! just stick at it and plenty of penetrating oil! oh and its defintily anti clockwise.

[oakgreengolf]

right then ill mentally prepare myself tonight and give it a bash tomorow ive got the otheside bloody side to do also 

[mk2mark]

Dude, that 3 year old thing's not funny.

[hobbiniho]

yeh 3 year old thing is not right    haynes book of lies says that the hub nut is done up to 265nm 

[Conker]

Just out of interest, when you come to put it back together, how would you know you've done the nut up tight enough??  Surely a torque wrench doesn't go that high??

[JC]

they do

we got one in the workshop that goes up to 1000 nm

it takes 3 of us to use it 

[oakgreengolf]

think mine goes up to 250ish though im not worried about that at the mo just getting the f***ing thing off would be a start

[catflea]

Soak the thing in plusgas overnight and then get a 10ft length of scaffold and a breaker bar leave the breakerbar and scaffold so you can either hang off it or stand on it - use your weight.

Last time I did a hub nut I had to get a extra pair of hands to hold the socket in place.  (That was on a fiesta tho)

[JC]

i used my my trolley jack to keep mine level , a short extension bar from the socket, and a mate to keep the pressure on the nut.

and like i said . i had the wheel turn before the nut broke free. ( fitted a 14 inch steelie to drop it back onto its wheels )  and then had my lad put his foot on the brake 


  oh the joys of car maintenance 

[catflea]

Yeah,  should have said its easier with car on ground and wheels and brakes on.