Rear Half shaft nuts!!! ARGH!

[ZSaint]

I have blocked that application out of my mind. I vaguely remember a lot of heat, cussing and pounding. I think the proper tool may be the answer (if you can beg, borrow or steal one).

[ncz]

Brian sounds like you beat the nuts already, was going to throw my 2 cents in. I did like webdawg, used a long extension(3/8"), a knuckle swivel joint and a 14mm socket. I can't remember where to turn the half shaft but there was a point where you could get the socket on the nut and fully seated. I think it was about at 2 o'clock if you were looking at the rear end from the brake drum. Put an adapter on my 1/2" air gun and hit it. Off they came, took awhile to figure this method out after doing all of the above

[joefarnarkler]

Hey Joe. It must be that yours are the double box ends, 'cause my combo just can't get in there. Might also be the age of the wrenches too, they might have changed the casting or whatever just a bit.

Good news! Since there is a complete lack of pawn shops in this area, I swung by ol' Wal-Mart and picked up a set of Stanley metric wrenches. Again the boxend of the 14mm wouldn't fit but since these aren't my good (nor my only) set metric wrenches I took it to the grinder ( a la Zsaint). Didn't have to take much off, but I'll be damned not only did it fit but I was able to back the other two out with a couple of whacks from a rubber mallet in just seconds.

Thanks to all, Nate is happy! Next step... Transverse Link Pin removal!

Nate:cheeky:

Nate, I did forget to mention that I was using a 12 point box end wrench. That could certainly make a difference. As for casting changes, I'm not sure. I originally used a wrench that my dad bought decades ago, and took it in for replacement about 4 years ago.

Glad you got them out without using a sawzall.

[PrOxLaMuS©]

I took TWO open ended 14mm wrenches.. or 12mm i cant remember.. and a hammer.. and they came loose in under a few minutes..

I used one of the wrenches and angled it so the wrench was rested against some metal part to "hold" the nut/bolt still while I loosend up the other end

[John Coffey]

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