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The following web page is a description of a simple plywood jig for removing stubborn axle nuts, plus a couple of photos...
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Original owner of silver grey carburetted 1989 Festiva. 105k km as of June 2006. 140k km as of June 2021. -
They're really not that hard to remove. The rear bottom shock bolts (providing the car is from the rustbelt) are much harder to remove.---------------------------------------------------
The Jester - Midwest Festiva Inc., Missouri Chapter
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Wow! That's pretty excessive...If I had to use a bar that long...i'd be scared that something important would break.Joe Lutz
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Excessive is an understatement! I'm sure that there isn't an axle nut on earth that couldn't be removed with that setup!Originally posted by jglutz View PostFestiva: Because even my dog can build a Honda.
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Why would you need something that excessive for!?! Snapping the axle in 2?Search Master - Honorary Member of Midwest Festiva Inc., Gulf Coast Chapter
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Well at least it's OSB, I think that would give on first...haha Who put your axle nuts on? That wouldn't remove the lug nuts on my Integra after this guy did a crappy rebuild on my engine...what an idiot that guy turned out to be...Comment
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The wheels are off a junked car. As it says in the writeup the impact wrench I borrowed from an auto parts store didn't work. It just spun. The store manager suggested an extension pipe. All I had was the handle bar of a mountain bike which I had already tried, and the stand shown in the photos. However, the point of my posting was using the plywood as a way of holding the wheel steady while applying the force from the pipe. It also says I got the wheels last summer and tried different ways of getting the axle nuts to turn, braking a bench vice in the process. I tried everything suggested in this forum back then. If nothing else works, try it. It worked for me. I din't find it a bit excessive. Just right.
Original owner of silver grey carburetted 1989 Festiva. 105k km as of June 2006. 140k km as of June 2021.Comment
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