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What's the best way to loosen the big axle nuts on my Festy without damaging something if I don't have an air impact wrench?
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Use a breaker bar, 18" or so, and have someone press on the brake petal.
An impact wrench is not too expensive now, for a corded unit anyway, and it is a very useful device.
Bought mine 25 years ago.
One of the best tools I own.'93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
'93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
'92 Aqua parts Car
'93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
'90 White LX Thanks to FB71
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Best if you do it before removing wheels. Block tire and use breaker bar and 1 and 1/8th socket.Comment
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May not be 1 1/8", have had axle nuts from 28mm to 32mm.Originally posted by georgeb View Post'93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
'93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
'92 Aqua parts Car
'93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
'90 White LX Thanks to FB71
"Your God of repentance will not save you.
Your holy ghost will not save you.
Your God plutonium will not save you.
In fact...
...You will not be saved!"
Prince of Darkness -1987
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Thanks all.Comment
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Photos here of using pry bar jammed between lug bolts
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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One more thing..........do the axle nuts have a left or right hand thread?Comment
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Axle nuts all all right hand threaded they are interchangeable and not specific to a left or right axle.'93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
'93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
'92 Aqua parts Car
'93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
'90 White LX Thanks to FB71
"Your God of repentance will not save you.
Your holy ghost will not save you.
Your God plutonium will not save you.
In fact...
...You will not be saved!"
Prince of Darkness -1987
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Just to clarify for noobs, here we are discussing the axle nuts on the CV axles, not the rear axle nuts. The rear ones are normal thread on the left side, and reverse thread on the right side.Originally posted by Pu241 View Post90 Festy (Larry)--B6M (Matt D. modified B6 head), header, 5-speed, Capri XR2 front brakes, many other little mods
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Just to clarify a little more, the nuts on the rear of a festiva attach to a spindel (not a hub).
And they are, if OEM, right hand threaded on the driverside and left hand threaded on the passenger side, as TominMO says above.'93 Blue 5spd 230K(down for clutch and overall maintanence)
'93 White B6 swap thanks to Skeeters Keeper
'92 Aqua parts Car
'93 Turquoise 5spd 137K
'90 White LX Thanks to FB71
"Your God of repentance will not save you.
Your holy ghost will not save you.
Your God plutonium will not save you.
In fact...
...You will not be saved!"
Prince of Darkness -1987
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Good info.Comment
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I often have to use not just a breaker bar of 18" plus, but also sometimes an extension for the bar!
A total of about 2 to 2.5 feet usually works. Give the nut and CV end a squirt of PB Blaster first, too.
Karl'93GL "Prettystiva" ticking B3 and 5 speed, backup DD; full swaps in spring!
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'92L "Twinstiva" 5sp, salvage titled, waiting for repairs...
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I am too skert to try this method...usually. I always fear that the threads will get boogered up if I apply too much force.Originally posted by WmWatt View Post
Which isn't to say that I haven't done it!Contact me for information about Festiva Madness!
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I've found them to be 29mm and 30mm.88L black, dailydriver
88LX silver a/c, dailydriver
4 88/89 disassembled
91L green
91GL aqua pwrsteer
92GL red a/c reardmg
3 93L blue, 2 dailydriver, 1 frontdmg
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My wife's Boopstiva is a 28Originally posted by AlaskaFestivaGuy View Post
Contact me for information about Festiva Madness!
Remember, FestYboy is inflatable , and Scitzz means crazy, YO!
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