Driveshaft Nut

1. 666saxo666 Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 420

   #1 8th May 2011, 23:02

   Hi all
   Is the drivers side driveshaft nut / hub nut (the thing that keeps the driveshaft in the hub on the wheel) a reverse thread?
   i cant for the life of me get it off. butchered it hammered, used breaker bars, bent extensions you name it the nut wont budge. passenger side came off easy.
   please help, cant put new engine in without sortin this pain in the arse out
2. user_36815 Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2009 shrewsbury Posts: 389 mk 2 vtr & vts

   #2 8th May 2011, 23:08

   normal thread, the nut is tightened too 250 nm, so will be very tight
3. 666saxo666 Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 420

   #3 8th May 2011, 23:11

   I thought it was normal thread, what would you suggest i do to get it off. we have tried everythin. only thing left is a blow torch and melt it off.
4. user_36815 Regular Poster Joined: Aug 2009 shrewsbury Posts: 389 mk 2 vtr & vts

   #4 8th May 2011, 23:18

   id try and get someone with a air compressor and gun too have a go, failing that find a long scaffold bar too give yourself more leverage.
5. user_31412 Established Member Joined: Feb 2009 ★ West / North Yorkshire ★ Posts: 1653

   #5 8th May 2011, 23:33

   As a last resort you could jack up the front of the car, lock the other drive shaft, then with a breaker bar on the seized nut wedged against the floor, either crank the engine over, or have it running and "set off" normally. This would free any nut that was ever going to be freed.