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Broke 2 1/2" drive ratchets (one ratchet mechanism, one socket stud), torch + penetrating lube + impact gun did sweet fuck all... its jammed on there good. Of course the nut has been unpeened...


Im kinda at a loss on how to get it off now

I was thinking about picking up a 3/4" drive breaker bar and some heavy steel pipe to slip over the end, anyone else got any ideas? (theres no engine in the car so I cant drive it off)

+1 for cheater pipe on 3/4 bar.

Can you heat it up?

n2x4 wrote:+1 for cheater pipe on 3/4 bar.

Can you heat it up?

+2

Simple physics works great.... Im surprised your impact gun wouldnt take it off.... Whats the max torque rating on your gun?

Tried a torch, no dice.

300ft-lbs

I use (and I am NOT kidding) an 8 foot long breaker pipe.

I stick it over my 1/2 breaker bar and then put ALL my body weight on the end. I can't imagine (but I could do the math, haha) how much torque that generates, but it works!

My 1/2" snapped at the socket nut

BTW thats around 1440ft-lbs, if you weigh about 180lbs

Use impact sockets

Its possible you need a larger air hose for your impact... use as short of length as possible for this job.

I used a 1/2" breaker bar and a 6' cheater bar on it. still took a bit of up and down on it to get it to come loose.

Now, with it properly torqued, I can take it off with my electric impact.

Heres what it took:

3/4" drive breaker bar with a 4 foot cheater bar, 3 1/2" metal tubes through the spokes of the wheel to lock it in place, and repeatedly jumping up and down on the cheater bar.

I bent all 3 tubes, put a big kink in the cheater bar, but it finally cracked

sweet jesus.

You need a longer cheater bar