Gee, nuts must be on our minds today.
Can anyone let me know which axel nuts are left or right hand threads, which sides?
Does anyone have any spares, because I've wrecked the two I had. They were 'frozen', seized and rusted onto the shafts. I 'cut' them off, by using my 'gas axe'.


Regards,
Mark

Hi

Do you mean the rear axle nuts? They are both right hand thread.

1302Steve

Thanks 1302Steve. I sound like a bit of a dick!

Do you know where I can get some rear axle nuts, in better condition than mine?
Regards,
Mark:thumb

Hi

Any VW shop should have a few hanging around. I think Micks or VVDS would have them new but the freight might hurt.

1302Steve

Yes, freight!
We live in Tassie and on the central east coast, so freight is a real killer.
i'll get some from Mick.
Thanks 1302Steve.
Mark:thumb

off the topic a bit but if you come across frozen nuts (hehe) again you can just put your breaker bar on the nut, stick the car in reverse and start her up or just use some old gal pipe with a few mates jumping on the end :bounce

.. don't forget the front hub nuts ARE left & right hand thread. I can't remember which except I look at the forward wheel rotn. & work out that's the way to tighten it!

I have a stuck axle nut on a Kombi I'm stripping. The problem is the engine/GB is out and the brakes are all out also. This means I can't stop the wheel turning and there isn't enough weight in the back to stop the wheel spinning!!!

I have yet to try the new slogging (flogging?) spanner and a BIG hammer. Great therapy for a rough week.
Never need the gas axe yet and hopefully won't! :thumb

The flogging spanner is great. Bought one years ago and never had problems with stuck axle nuts. Only problem is, I have a few paint chips on the guard lip :cry

That's what happens when you get too excited :o
Did you get an offset one or a stright one?

Straight, which is extra difficult when you have wide wheels on too

get a bit of say 4x2 hardwood & or better still a piece of 4" angle iron & drill it for 2 of the wheel nuts to engage. That should hold it for the nut to undo. A great luxury I shouted myself years ago was an Ingersoll Rand compressed air spanner. This makes short work of problem nuts!!

the first time i tried to undo the the nuts, Soent ages chocking the wheel. Then used 2 1m gal pipe on the nreaker bar and ended up snapping the sidcrhome breaker bar where it enters the socket. Just sheared off!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi

I was in a 2nd tool shop a while ago and I spotted a 3/4 drive torque wrench for $80.00, its like new and I have used it a few times on axle nuts and I was very surprised at the small amout of effort needed to tighten the axle nuts up. I would say that most axle nuts are overtightened.

1302Steve

I'm guessing that the LH front has a LH thread, but only because the wheelnuts on my truck are LH thread on the LHS.

Yes Kol that makes sense-as it rolls forward, the nut tends to tighten itself & on the LHS thats counterclockwise which NORMALLY means to loosen up.
If that MGA is still there, you can confirm it by looking at the knock off spinners on the wire wheels!