spindle nut removal?
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Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 3,746
From: Raleigh, NC
if you can get to the nut with the wheel on 
I had a few problems getting mine off. First I couldnt find a heavy-enough duty extension. The deep well socket was not tall enough to get out past the lip of the my rim (took the center cap off, put rim back on), so I tried a short extension...twisted the extension in no time..then I used an impact extension, and ended up breaking a cheap Harbor Freight socket wrench...ended up having to buy a bigger breaker bar, but the extension still torqued and twisted and is not usable anymore.
I had to end up taking the rim off. I used a thick screw driver and jammed it down in the rotor slots, and turned the rotor so that the screw driver's barrel was against the caliper bracket. Still took a few feet of pipe and lots of force, but it came loose. Air tools are your friend after you break it loose!
I had a few problems getting mine off. First I couldnt find a heavy-enough duty extension. The deep well socket was not tall enough to get out past the lip of the my rim (took the center cap off, put rim back on), so I tried a short extension...twisted the extension in no time..then I used an impact extension, and ended up breaking a cheap Harbor Freight socket wrench...ended up having to buy a bigger breaker bar, but the extension still torqued and twisted and is not usable anymore.
I had to end up taking the rim off. I used a thick screw driver and jammed it down in the rotor slots, and turned the rotor so that the screw driver's barrel was against the caliper bracket. Still took a few feet of pipe and lots of force, but it came loose. Air tools are your friend after you break it loose!
Last edited by WolfPack; Dec 1, 2009 at 01:51 PM.
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Beginning Member
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 25
no luck yet! i broke two breaker bars and a electric impact today..even with a few feet of pipe it didnt budge.....next up is a air impact! if that dont work its going on a tow truck and right to the shop...lol
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Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 198
From: Darkside, AZ
I had to end up taking the rim off. I used a thick screw driver and jammed it down in the rotor slots, and turned the rotor so that the screw driver's barrel was against the caliper bracket. Still took a few feet of pipe and lots of force, but it came loose. Air tools are your friend after you break it loose!
Umm, just checking here, but lefty loosy, righty tighty?
Change where you are buying your breaker bars... I have only broken one breaker bar in all of them that I have (mis-) used and that one was 20+ years old already and a little loose at the head. I have a heavy knuckle Craftsman 1/2" long bar that has really held up quite well.
Be careful with the heat if you do it. Heat it some then cool it down with penetrating oil and then heat it again and try to loosen it. If it doesn't come, repeat.
Be careful with the heat if you do it. Heat it some then cool it down with penetrating oil and then heat it again and try to loosen it. If it doesn't come, repeat.