Rear hub nuts - beware !!!

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Rear hub nuts - beware !!!

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My power bar bent when I used some additional leverage so a quick hole in a 1.6m long scaffolding pipe and a 3/4" drive welded in showed that stubborn hub nut exactly who is the boss!!!!

I like these home made tools!

Anyone else got any 'interesting' tools?
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did the same to a 3/4 " power bar myself ages ago Teng ones don't bend though
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I recently bought a Teng 3/4" slide bar and 46mm socket - good to hear they don't bend Paul as they will get a flogging soon! They'll get teamed up with 5' of seamless mechanical tube and a special spanner of the same length that I made; it locates on all 5 rear wheel studs so I should be able to crack rear hubs on my own.
One of the few items that Teng don't guarantee is their breaker bars but I do have one for a wheel brace.
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3/4 socket, 3/4 drive slide bar and 6ft of rusty seamless tube - yer only man!
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syncropaddy wrote:3/4 socket, 3/4 drive slide bar and 6ft of rusty seamless tube - yer only man!
you forgot the fat bloke on the end
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Plus a club hammer.. every time, saved a lot of broken powerbars in its day

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HarryMann wrote:Image

Plus a club hammer.. every time, saved a lot of broken powerbars in its day

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Talking of 46mm nuts one way of getting hub nuts off trailing arms when not attached to the car wheel is wedged under sill (an old furburred tyre) and trailing arm wedged under wheel
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Ah Titus, yes, the Wiki will tell you that...

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

and this is MY tool for aiding removal when arm is off of vehicle

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jebiga41 wrote:
syncropaddy wrote:3/4 socket, 3/4 drive slide bar and 6ft of rusty seamless tube - yer only man!
you forgot the fat bloke on the end

Didnt want to mention Dave .....
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Hehe, I'd say beefy 'cos...
a handy bloke to have around actually when a 1/2 ton tree stump needs shifting

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With a steady hand and a sliting disc i cut the corners off the nut, then it comes off

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Rogue Trooper wrote:With a steady hand and a sliting disc i cut the corners off the nut, then it comes off

And how do you put it back on?
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jebiga41 wrote:Talking of 46mm nuts one way of getting hub nuts off trailing arms when not attached to the car wheel is wedged under sill (an old furburred tyre) and trailing arm wedged under wheel
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I wasn't aware of this variant...T25 Vice
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