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Is it possible to buy new Rear Hub Nuts? If so where is the best place..?

I stand no chance of getting mine off in one piece!

Thanks,
Matt.

What you need is 46mm spanner a long bar and couple of fat blokes of three.

Pepperami wrote:What you need is 46mm spanner a long bar and couple of fat blokes of three.

Yep - I have suffered from this, though fortunately not at the side of the road on a cold, dark, wet and windy night - YET !!

Even though I grease them and tighten them up sensibly, they still seem to jam up when, a few months later you come to remove them !!

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Yes, from VW, GSF do them as well...

But you need one of these to first loosen them, never fails...

https://club8090.co.uk/wiki/Ge ... ut_spanner

I bought a 46mm combination ££££££££££££££££££ ouch!

You normally need a 3/4" sq. drive 46mm Impact socket, and a 3/4" drive T-bar (not a powerbar) and a 5' pudlock/putlock scaff pole

The wheel has to be on, the vehicle weight on the wheel and chocked with handbrake - you might also need to lock the wheel someotherhow!

But with the tool shown in the Wiki, it's all so easy!

I asked about a new rear hub nut at VW a few months ago, they said it was obsolete. Are they wrong (hope so)

Seeing as they're the same as T2's? I would think that unlikely..

Anyway, i got one a year ago from GSF and am sure there must be many thousands on shelves around the world... after all, how many rear hubs of this design were made.. >>10 million?

JK have them.......http://www.justkampers.com/shop/type_25 ... -rear.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

GSF part no: 45130

I have a bucket full of them, again another one of those items I have a load of but not on the website yet!

Simon Baxter wrote:I have a bucket full of them, again another one of those items I have a load of but not on the website yet!

I don't suppose I could get a couple off of you? Let me know how much etc..

I went down the 46mm socket, 3/4" brake bar + scaffold pole... now snap-on dealer needs to replace my broken bar!

Thanks for the links everybody
Matt.

Don't tell snap-on how you broke it.
If they ask do, do not mention the use of scaffold poles or any other means of extending the break-bar.

Presuming a brake bar is a break-bar is a flex-head powerbar...

HarryMann wrote:You normally need a 3/4" sq. drive 46mm Impact socket, and a 3/4" drive T-bar (not a powerbar)

Haven't broken a £14 3/4" T-bar yet from GSF... but T-bars seem to have fallen out of favour.

But now only use it for tightening, 'cos this is cheap and magic and fits in your toolbox (NB. Price doesn't include club-hammer )

This is the tool that I have,

My dad bought it in 1980 when the rear hub nut came of our 1975 2.0l microbus whilst on holiday, he was chastised by my uncle for not carrying a tool for the job, so obediently went and bought this from Hobco in St. Albans. Not really very useful, have used it on Type 2's but not on Type 3's. Will need a sledgehammer to turn anything.

Clive, how does that tee bar thing work??

A tee bar is a 'T' bar, a sliding bar in the female sq.drive head, as found in all socket sets up to a few years ago - its just a big 3/4" one. The head is under less stress than a powerbar's flex-head because it doesn't pivot, it stays at right-angles and bar slides

Put a pudlock over it and stand on it

Hobco in St. Albans.

I know them! fasteners... silver-steel, all sorts of aladdin cave things, but slowly dumbing down like a lot of engineering suppliers