changing the knuckle

[sho2see]

On a 94 mtx, What is the best way to get the axle nut off if I dont have a impact? Because i think when you go to loosen it the whole wheel turns.

I am going to be doing the subfram recall on the green one and also a new knuckle for the driver side front this sunday hopefully.

 

[SuperHO]

leave one wheel on the ground, get yourself a 3 foot cheater bar and put some ass into it. That's how I got the axle nut off the 98 last night. Worked like a charm. Just be sure to torque it down to proper torque specs when you put it back together.

 

[sho2see]

Ok gotchya and do you know the torque on that by chance?

 

[Storm-Chaser]

You can also get someone to hold the brakes, . . . or place a stout screwdriver into the rotor to prevent rotation . . . .

 

[randy'sho]

Righty-tighty, Lefty-loosy

 

[Danz13]

180-200 ft lbs using your legs helps too if they are strong like ox

 

[93rev2sev]

I just stand on my breaker bar (about 1 foot out) to tighten them. By that logic, it's right at 200' lbs

 

[Storm-Chaser]

But each one-inch "error" results in an 8.5-percent deviation in the torque applied (or 17 ft-lbs in this case). And are you always doing this after you've drank your daily 12-pack, during, or before ?

What kind of shade tree mechanic is that . . . !


:laugh_ti:

 

[Eric VerValin]

LoL.. most people don't have a 200 lb tq wrench.

 

[93rev2sev]

Like me.

But I don't drink. So the torque is spot-on! AND... I don't have any trees in my back yard, so I just use the garage.

 

[sho2see]

You can also get someone to hold the brakes, . . . or place a stout screwdriver into the rotor to prevent rotation . . . .

well will be doing the job sunday so hope it will go well

 

[93rev2sev]

Soak those upper pinch bolts with PB TODAY!!!!

 

[sho2see]

Will do tonight after work

 

[itwonder]

FYI, Husky brand at Home Depot has a reasonably priced and fairly decent 1/2" drive torque wrench that goes to 200 ft-lbs. Most 1/2" drive wrenches don't go that high.

 

[sho2see]

Update:
Got the new knuckle in the driver side and everything worked out great!!
Thanks guys

 

[ManySHOs]

This post may be too late for the OP but I would suggest lubricating and cooling the threads as you back off that nut. PB Blaster will work for this. It will get hot and it's easy to cross thread. The manual says that you should replace the nut after it's been off as it can stretch. I usually do. In a pinch you may want to use blue loctite if you don't have a replacement nut.

Ian

 

[sho2see]

yup used PB blaster but did replace or put lock tight on

 

[Storm-Chaser]

The Craftsman Digitorq does . . . .

FYI, Husky brand at Home Depot has a reasonably priced and fairly decent 1/2" drive torque wrench that goes to 200 ft-lbs. Most 1/2" drive wrenches don't go that high.

 

[sdpatt]

FYI, Husky brand at Home Depot has a reasonably priced and fairly decent 1/2" drive torque wrench that goes to 200 ft-lbs. Most 1/2" drive wrenches don't go that high.

The 2' long Husky torque wrench I purchased At Home Depot adjusts to 250 lb-ft and makes removing and installing the hub nuts an easy job. The design of the pawl in the reinforced head of that wrench, the lifetime warranty and plentiful retail outlets gives me confidence in its longevity. I had broken two of the cheaper, 150 lb-ft torque wrenches from Harbor Freight trying to remove the hub nuts and needed a real tool that could handle the job. It has been well worth the investment.

 

[93rev2sev]

...the lifetime warranty and plentiful retail outlets gives me confidence in its longevity.

But when you break a Husky and take it back to HD for a replacement...

...Only then do you realize your folly.

They don't replace them on the spot. They ship em back to Husky. And you get to wait for 2+ weeks.

Dos Basduds