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How would you go about getting this rusted axle nut off? (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by to c/cars@lemmy.world
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The wheel hub on this corner hasn't be replaced in at least half a dozen years, so there's been no reason for the axle to come out. I've got a torn CV boot, and this car isn't really worth the $500 CAD for an axle replacement *at the shop

I've tried 1/2" drive tools, a shitty second hand mastercaft air gun, a 24" breaker bar, and a propane torch that seems to have fuel flow issues. and penetrant, of course. So far, hasn't budged.

update: thank you everyone for the advice, however I'm calling it. I got too many other unfinished tasks, I'll let this one go to the shop and do some OT this week in the time I'd have been fucking around with it.

I did drill into the rust around the threads and pry the washer collar off (there was no staked material left at all) to remove material and get penetrant in deeper, but this just isn't what I want to be working on right now.

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[–] 7 points 3 days ago

Maybe you can find some sort of cap on there? To hold in penetrating lube? Fill it up nd let it soak for a couple of days.

Ideally you have on oxyacetelene torch and a 1" impact that will separate and vibrate it into submission. Otherwise you could get a functional propane torch, heat up the outside of the nut, and hit it with the biggest wrench and cheater pipe you can find. Like 6+ ft. long cheater pipe (that thing is rusted to hell).

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