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Tough Nut To Crack
I was working on changing the front axles in my 98 Legacy and would you know it the nut wouldn't come off. I had a ½” breaker bar and a 3 foot pipe that has been used successfully on several axle nuts in the past but on this one the breaker bar started to break. The ½ impact I have would not budge it either.
So I was thinking, what the heck am I going to do? So I looked at the new nut and saw where the threads were and figured I would try to drill it and expand it. I used these new (to me) cobalt drills that are made for drilling stainless steel. I saw them at Harbor Freight and figured it was worth a try. The drills worked real nice drilling the nut with reasonable effort. Much better than the old bits I usually struggled with. After that I banged on it with a chisel and a punch to expand it off the axle. There is a picture in my locker if you want to see it. The axle nut for a Legacy is the same as the SVX.
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Hopefully you didn't damage anything your weren't planning on replacing.
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Oh yeah right I was puuting in axles. So the axle thread didn't matter.
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If you're returning the axles as cores then some places may not accept them if the threads are damaged.
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David B. SVXipedia @ SVX-IW.COM -- SVX Information Warehouse 2.0 coming...eventually! Ebony 1992 SVX LS-L 5 spd Koni/GC Stebro 187k miles RIP (Rust In Pieces) 1993 SVX 5 spd Koni/GC Stebro Polyurethane bushings still available! |
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good work man! - sometimes you have to just step back and find another way to skin the cat.
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Dave, I was able to drive the nut around with a punch and hammer. The threads look good.
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Re: Tough Nut To Crack
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Good job.
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