NEED HELP!! saxo drive shaft nut wont come off

  1. Newbie Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7 Citroen saxo mk1 1.1 vtr Vauxhall corsa c 1L
    #1
    right he is my problem i am a training mechanic and i am fixing my own car the problem is i am changing form a 3 stud to the 4 stud but the nut on the drive shaft wont move i also cant use the following idears:
    screw driver in the brake disc to stop it spining at it does not have holes, cant put brakes on to stop it spining as i turn it as brake pipe is split and cant use air gun as i dont have one i other ideas are welcome as i am all out if ideas
  2. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2011 huddersfield Posts: 2635 ph3'd c2 gt
    #2
    Well I was gonna say get someone to sit in the car and hold the brake, but er my entirely sure what else you can do?
  3. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 897 106 ph1 rallye 106 gti 106 hybrid thing GTI~6
    #3
    http://www.pistonheads.com/gAssing/t...+S2+Rear+discs

    click the link a couple of pics down the page....
  4. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 897 106 ph1 rallye 106 gti 106 hybrid thing GTI~6
    #4
    or even easier, put the car back on its wheels, with a wheel with no centre cap. and chock the car and undo
  5. Newbie Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7 Citroen saxo mk1 1.1 vtr Vauxhall corsa c 1L
    #5
    thanks i will try it the nut looks knocked in to the shaft is that normal?
  6. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2012 Middlesbrough Posts: 181 Saxo VTR 2001
    #6
    Yeah, just secures the nut in place, stops it working loose.
  7. Newbie Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 7 Citroen saxo mk1 1.1 vtr Vauxhall corsa c 1L
    #7
    kk does it need to be knocked back out to come free or not
  8. Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2011 Posts: 897 106 ph1 rallye 106 gti 106 hybrid thing GTI~6
    #8
    just be a man and undo it, ideally you ought to replace the hubnuts, but if thats not an option swap them from side to side. and use a punch to nip the end back into the cutout in the shaft when done,