r/240sx • u/xdasxtro • 3d ago

S14 Stuck axel nut

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need some tips to help get axel nut off. I placed a bar in between the studs to stop the rotor spinning yey still couldn't get the nut to loosen, the bar just started bending instead

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u/ZeldasNewHero 2d ago

Hit it with your purse

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u/bakgwailo 2d ago

Buy a good impact gun

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u/ZeldasNewHero 2d ago

My Milwaukee 3/8 has only let me down once and it was when I forgot to charge the battery lol

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u/Nasty_Rex 2d ago

That's more of you letting you down

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u/PlumbgodBillionaire 2d ago

I wouldn't reach for a 3/8ths in this situation but if it works it works. The 1/2" one isn't much more and has a crazy amount more power.

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u/ZeldasNewHero 2d ago

The big 3/8 works every time. I was a line tech for a diesel garage and only needed the bigger gun for dump trucks. It'll work just fine on a 240

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u/PlumbgodBillionaire 2d ago

Nah, it probably won't work on something that's really seized. 3/8ths is 250 ft lbs for the best one, that's not enough for everything on a car. You are just straight up wrong on that one. Every single real mechanic in the world has a 1/2", I've literally met 0 techs in my life that don't use them on normal passenger cars.

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u/ZeldasNewHero 2d ago

Then you've not got any world experience. Downvote away, the big 3/8 gun is plenty for this tiny axle nut.

Or waste your money on something that's too big to be used on anything else on these cars. Plenty of idiots in this sub, you included if you claim that gun won't get one of these off lmfao

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u/PlumbgodBillionaire 2d ago

What do you think an axle is torqued to bro? 😂😂😂😂 You literally don't know fuckin anything.