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Old 09-24-2004, 12:57 PM
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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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Old 09-24-2004, 01:23 PM
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Hopefully you didn't damage anything your weren't planning on replacing.
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Old 09-25-2004, 06:07 PM
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Oh yeah right I was puuting in axles. So the axle thread didn't matter.
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Old 09-27-2004, 03:22 PM
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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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Old 09-27-2004, 06:58 PM
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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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Old 09-29-2004, 10:04 AM
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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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Old 09-29-2004, 11:02 AM
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Re: Tough Nut To Crack

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There is a picture in my locker if you want to see it.
Holy...man, that's crazy. It drives me nuts when I can't break a nut or bolt free. I had a weird experience with my wife's Legacy a couple months ago when I replaced an axle. The stupid wheel wouldn't come off. No, really, the wheel was stuck on the hub. I eventually used a gear puller and came off like a gunshot. My ears were ringing for an hour.

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