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 duncombemu
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 posted on June 24th, 2003 at 08:22 PM |
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Axel nut questions
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'.
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| posted on June 24th, 2003 at 10:16 PM |
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Hi
Do you mean the rear axle nuts? They are both right hand thread.
1302Steve
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duncombemu
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| posted on June 24th, 2003 at 10:26 PM |
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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?
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| posted on June 24th, 2003 at 10:30 PM |
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Hi
Any VW shop should have a few hanging around. I think Micks or VVDS would have them new but the freight might hurt.
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| posted on June 24th, 2003 at 10:35 PM |
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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.
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 01:46 AM |
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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
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 09:00 AM |
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While we're on the subject...
.. 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!
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 09:10 AM |
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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
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 09:14 AM |
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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
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 09:19 AM |
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That's what happens when you get too excited :o
Did you get an offset one or a stright one?
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 09:38 AM |
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Straight, which is extra difficult when you have wide wheels on too
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 10:13 AM |
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Make a brace??
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!!
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 03:41 PM |
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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!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 08:39 PM |
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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
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KruizinKombi
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| posted on June 25th, 2003 at 10:56 PM |
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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.
Kruizin Kol
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| posted on June 26th, 2003 at 12:34 PM |
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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!
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