How do you get the self locking spindle nut off th

[Peyomp]

How the FUCK do you get that little self locking indentation on a spindle nut, the one thats on the end of the driveshaft, outside the brake rotors off?. It won't come off... I can't get anything strong enough to pry in between it and the nut inside it.

[Sonnyballs]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Peyomp:
How the FUCK do you get that little self locking indentation on a spindle nut, the one thats on the end of the driveshaft, outside the brake rotors off?. It won't come off... I can't get anything strong enough to pry in between it and the nut inside it.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

You can pound the indent out with a punch. I've also seen shops take it right off (without pounding) using an impact wrench.

Sonny

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[VaporTrail]

All I've ever used is a good impact gun, and a strong socket. It should come right off if your compressor is anything above a craftsman

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[Peyomp]

What kind of punch do I need? Like a center punch? I am dumb, and I am not familiar with the "punch" tool really. I guess the hardware store will have one.

I am doing this on jackstands in my garage (clutch replacement), and I am about to remove the driveshafts. This shit is harder than I thought due to the driveshafts. Its still doable though. It'll probably take me 12-14 hours total, but the garage is shitty, I have no air tools, just some okay craftsman stuff and I have no help... I have to get out from under the car frequently to get shit I need and that eats up time... its pissing me off.

Thanks alot for the info.

[gsrev]

Okay I think you have suffered enough ! What you need to do since you do not have impact tools is put you wheels back on. Remove the center cap. The socket should fit thru the center of your wheel. With the car on the floor & e-brake on, get a breaker bar and break the nut loose. No need to mess w/ the indentation as that will loosen itself once you loosen the nut. Don't waste your time trying to lift the indentation... the nut will still not budge unless you have the proper equipment when the wheels are off the ground. Again.. just loosen the nuts and then lift the car up to finish removing them. Hope that helps.
alex

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[Peyomp]

That would help, but I have alloy wheels and there is no middle, just 4 lugs around cast aluminum. I'm going to get a punch and try that shit. Thanks though.

[dbman96]

Regardless, without a BIG impact wrench you are NOT going to get that nut off with your wheels off the ground. It will just spin the differential. That nut is torqued to like 135 lb.ft. if I remember correctly; it will take your entire body weight on a breaker bar to get it off; even having someone stand on the brakes won't be good enough.

[phicycle]

I just dropped the inner suspension pivots and left the axles assembled to the hubs, so I never had to fool with those nuts.
You can just bag the inner axles after you pop them out so they don't get dirty.

[alfack]

Why don't you just leave the driveshafts in? That's what I did. They don't get in your way too much.

[cetane]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Peyomp:
That would help, but I have alloy wheels and there is no middle, just 4 lugs around cast aluminum. I'm going to get a punch and try that shit. Thanks though.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Ya got a spare don't ya