Wheel bearing lock nut

[Raymond Kawski]

On Tue,  6 Apr 2004 15:31:44 -0500, Peter Serwe wrote

> To get the wheel bearing nuts off, put the front wheels
> back on.  Block them.  Put a breaker bar on - not the

Blah!  Reattach the stuts bolts to the hub.  Put the
rotor and brakes back on.  If the car has stock brakes
stick a big honking screw driver in the rotor so that
when it comes in contact with the caliper it will
keep the axle from rotating.  No try your breaker
bar.  If you need to stand on it.  Only if it's
a Crafstman and not them cheapie tools we've seen
pics of.

If the brakes are Willwood's or other aluminum type
or you don't have a honking screw driver.  Have someone
get in the car put it in 5th and stand on the
brakes.  Use your trusty breaker bar and again stand
on it if necessary.

Otherwise get an impact.  An electric one may not
be enough torque.

> cheapo kind like the broken one shown in the pictures,
> and turn left.  Use at least a 2' piece of pipe as a cheater
> bar.  It's not that hard - done it probably 20 times.

Shoot only 20.

> BTW - It *doesn't* work unless you put the wheels
> on and have them *well* blocked.

See above.  :)

RK
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Raymond A. Kawski
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