Stuck Nut.
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This weekend I had a stuck pinion nut, in a gearbox I dont need, so one new breaker bar and 1.30hrs later, also now my abseiling rope is 1m shorter.

So Is this a bodge Or just getting the job done?




simon.

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

its only a bodge if it fails!
just have to choose wisely what you next decide to descend from :)

one day boost will be mine!

Looks standard practice to me fella, have you bent that pole in the lawn?
Looks a bit on the piss lol, might just be the photo though!

Had mine upsidedown in a vice before now.

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

I bolt mine upside down on my bench, Ive seen some put the box under the wheel of a car

I seriously doubt it!

Edited by minimole23 on 3rd Jan, 2012.

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Nothing is impossible it just costs more and takes longer.

torquing it back up, i have an advantage i think im heavy as fook

edit excuse the shit hole called the 'garage'
just realised thats the first motion nut, same story for both :)

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Edited by Brett on 3rd Jan, 2012.

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I used my work car to hold mine down, I tried standing on it but ended up lifitng myslef up and twisting my ankle.

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1/4mile in 13.2sec @ 111 terminal on 15psi

i have come a cross many pinion nuts locktighted on by some buffon in the past reconditioning them ...i have dropped on ...... a bastard to get off to say the least

but..... oxy ceteline does the trick lock tight or none ! .... some just mentall tight

Blimey, some great lash ups !

I've been thinking for ages about a safe 'garage bench method' to remove or re-tighten the pinion and 1st motion nuts on a standard garage workbench, assuming a reasonable vice is bolted through it at one end.

Would the following method work, and if so, would someone be willing to try it out !!??

1. Strip box from engine and remove diff side covers and rear diff housing then lift out crownwheel assembly and output shafts complete.

2. Re-install bare rear diff housing and loosely re-tighten all bolts/nuts.

3. Insert a long piece of 6x4 pine, say about 2 ft long, through one of the open side cover aperatures and tighten up the rear diff cover bolts to nip up the wood until it gets gently crushed. Not too much mind, just enough to nip it good and tight.

4. Resting the box on a workbench, grip the unclamped end of the wood in the vice which is securely bolted through the workbench as usual. Yank on the handle until that wood's screaming !

5. Put the fuck off socket on the pinion nut or first motion shaft nut and remove it with a 3 ft breaker bar.

Theoretically, as you apply torque to the nut with the breaker bar, the gearbox should safely swivel on the wood and take up a naturally held position either on the bench or underneath the vice against the side of the bench allowing you to apply as much effort on the breaker as you want (assuming you dont rip the bolts out holding the vice to the bench !).

If bolted with fuck off bolts, you should be able to get at least 350 lbft of torque through the socket before the bench gives up.

Is someone able to test my theory as I dont have a spare box to try it myself ?

Cheers.

Richard.

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Four bolts through the dowel holes into anchor bolts in the garage floor concrete, with some thick penny washers between, 3/4" drive 4 ft breaker bar. Never had a problem.

Thats never going to work, especially with a bar that long (that's got to be a straight lb for lb bar) lol. Newtons third law; every action has an equal and opposite reaction.

Try sitting on it, grab the back edge with one hand, and a very long wrench the other hand, and pull up on both hands at the same time. This method doesnt really work undoing the nuts, but is usually fine tightening them. Just dont giver yourself a hernia!

Edited by Sprocket on 4th Jan, 2012.

A surgical 2x4 shoved into the gearbox and lever downward. Piece of piss!

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


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I do what mike does.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

Standing on it does not work. If you think it does, then your torque wrench is faulty.

Remember to lock it in 1st and 4th:

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Just stick mine under the 4 poster ramp, I have had bastards though. Ive bent breaker bars, jumped up and down on scaffold poles the lot. Patience is the key, they come undone eventually.

Colin / Vegard i hate to say it but i disagree with you both
and why would my torque wrench be faulty?

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