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Hi guys,

Usually you would undo the big fat driveshaft nut while someone is pressing the brake pedal to stop the driveshaft rotating......HOWEVER, how would you undo this nut if you no longer have a servo fitted and dont have the brakes all hosed up etc???? Is there a way of stopping the driveshaft rotating?

My current situation is that i have the bare subframe (with no engine) with the hubs fitted and the driveshafts sticking out. I need to remove the shafts so that i can sit the vtec in.

Any help would be great...


Thanks,


Mike

[danie garry]

can u not just split the ball joints and take all of it out?

[Tomf]

if you havent got an impact gun, drill two holese in a bar, the same distance apart as two wheels studas that are next to each other, then bolt this over the wheel studs, and then rotages as soon as the bar hits the floor it will lock the shaft...

Probs doesnt make much sense but it did to me lol.

[mini93]

take it you havent got vented disks? i just ram screw driver in the vent and let it rotate upto the calliper lol nice and crude!

otherwise put the wheel back on, imploy a couple of friends to hold the car (with also the handbrake on) and then go at it with a bit old bar, if you shock it round you might get it loose

Edited by mini93, 06 September 2010 - 02:49 PM.

[l_jonez]

easiest would be to just split the cv joints and deal with it later

[me madjoe 90]

I do it before removing the wheel as i got weller steels , other wise a pry bar hooked between the wheel studs works just be cafefull its dosent mash up the threads

[Burnard]

you will need a steel bar or pipe about the same diameter as a breaker bar.
Place this resting on one stud, poking out the other end , as the disk assembly turns it will lock it against the ground (turn in the direction of undoing the nit)
Then wack the breaker bar on and hope it aint been put on with an impact rench.

Works in any situation, subframe on or off the car, so long as you have the wheel studs in place.

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Thanks for the replies. Well i have already split the ball joints and put them back on....i was swapping hubs from my mini subframe over to the vtec frame. And it was easier at the time to leave the driveshafts attached. Would it work by just lowering back on to the wheels, taking the wheel centres out and fitting the socket and extension bar throught the hole and undo ing it that way?

[danie garry]

it will work as long as theres enough weight over it

[cooperrodeo]

I don't understand what the problem is. With the wheel on the ground I simply put a big block of wood up against the tyre and undo the nut. Torque it up the same way.

[HARBER07]

A bar wedged between, (and bending) 2 studs that hold your wheel on doesn't sound like a very bright idea in any case.