How to Remove Axle Nut on Honda - Rusted Stuck Axle Nut will not come off - Bundys Garage
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- Bundy's adventure in getting off a stuck axle nut. How to Remove Axle Nut not easy. Piece of junk Harbor Freight tools, fail on me and I have to go to my Craftsman impact gun that keeps on giving.
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I've watched a lot of videos on this subject and I have to say video is the most accurate on what's actually gonna happen.
I don’t sugar coat things in my videos. If it Sucks im going to tell you and if it really works I’ll tell you that too.
@@bundysgarage thanks for getting me the motivation 2 replace my axle this afternoon. I broke 2 breaker bars.. the ratchet was the winner this time around.
@bundysGarage Hey man nice video same thing is happening to me with me 07 F-150 any tips for me man I have a nabour that broke a impact drill 2 breaker bars and bits trying to get it off we heated it liquid wrench any tips for a young mechanic brother?
@@jameshoey9925 cut down the middle of the bolt. Yes you may cut the hub in process.
Keith Owen Perry do you think if I went to a pawn shop in the morning and bought a high impact drill that it would be able to break it loose?, and I’ll have to try that also in the morning thank you I’ll update progress
Awesome job. I love how you showed all of the failures. Showing this kind of troubleshooting is the best way for me to learn. Thank you!
You are welcome
@@bundysgarage Yo so honest
Thanks for showing the travails of a stuck nut! I've been fighting with an axle nut on a Subaru, so your journey fills me with hope.
Same thing happened to me today #$&+! Came upon your video after my breaker bar broke, and it's nice to know I'm not the only one struggling! Luckily, I have an impact gun. After a couple of minutes in the highest settings, it finally came off!
Thank you so much for this video!!
So frustrated with my own axle nut troubles but this had me rolling.
I've just broken my very expensive breaker bar ( doing all of the things that Mr Bundy did) trying to get the nuts off my Honda CRV 2005 so what I intend to do is drill a hole parallel to the threads-but not touching them-and split the nut, I can't afford another £90 for a new breaker bar and I don't have compressed air tools. Two new nuts will cost £14.
Thanks for a good laugh buddy. Im going through the same problem and I'm laughing my ass off with you.
I'm not a big HF fan, but in their defense, any time you have to put a cheater on a 40 inch breaker bar, you cant expect a 1/2" drive to hold up. I've broken many a Craftsman breaker bars the same way...and these were the decades old American made tools...
I guess that's why they call them breaker bars because they break lol
Ha ha Yeee haw ..I just broke mine this morning trying to break a hub but on a 96 Maxima
LOL
Only harbor freights
Just broke 3 breaker bars on my wife's 03 oddyssey axle nut
@@joeyj1489😬
I LMFAO when I watch this video. Axle nut --- the most destructive auto part.
Yes! Most accurate video on this. Thanks for the laugh and commiseration. These suckers are stuck tight. Biggest, torquiest nut on the whole car, hands down. Don't blame Harbor Freight, my 36" Craftsman 1/2" breaker bar twisted the driver right out of the fork. Husky? Sheared the 1/2" square-drive off in the socket. Reassembled the intact parts of the Husky & Craftsman breakers into a Franken-breaker? Cheater bar broke them both together. No joy. Torch? Nuthin'. PB Blaster? Nuthin'. Cheater pipe? Nuthin (except broken tools). Stomp on it, jump on it, rock it, jack it... nothing. Manual impact? Nope. Electric impact? No luck.
I know your pain!
In the same boat, bout ti take the angle grinder to it
Please let us know how that works out? That’s what I should have done!
that's why we like that lifetime warranty 😂
Yeah, did you ever get yours off?
I really enjoyed watching this, this is every man working on a car
man finally a good mecanic video of a real job with real rust a real problem to solve :P loved it
Great video. Most guys I'm sure use an impact first and then show how you can use a breaker bar to loosen the axle nut for the video, but the truth is an impact is what you actually need to use
Thanks for the comment but sometimes air impacts won't even get them off.
I love your sense of humor dude, I'm trying to do the same thing this weekend on my Acura TL, thank you for the laughs sir 👍
I’m doing this exact thing rn on my 2000 Acura TL
Dude I am so glad to see you laughing !!!!!!!!!
I have gotten to the same point!!!!
Keep smiling and laughing!!!!
Life is Good!!!🤣🤣
I literally shear the same HF 3/4 to 1/2 adapter trying to do the same exact thing last night lmaooooo
Just did the same to both my breaker bars today
I just broke a snap on 1/2" breaker bar on an element today. Those nuts are tight! Fack!
There was a cut in the impact sequence leading me to think he went much harder on that impact. Love to know the truth of it 😁
3:15 had me rolling Im doing the same thing rn just waiting on these ankles to snap
Applying torch to nut worked like a charm! Thank You!
@1:48 LOL this is the reason why i'm here. That axle nut on my car is no child's play.
Had to remove these on my 03 Chevy S10. Used plenty of PB blaster, snapped a breaker bar, used an impact driver and a torch and still couldn't get it off. Finally cutting it with an angle grinder got it. Just be careful not to go as deep as the threads of your axle. This weakens the nut enough for it to fail.
normally the new axle would come with a new nu t
@@wecarespares I unfortunately was not replacing the axle but just needed to get the hub off to replace the bearings. I had to buy a new nut after cutting it.
Thanks for sharing your video. I had to remove an axle nut recently from one of my vehicles, and what I learned (The hard way) was that using a breaker bar is a very hard way to remove axle nuts, I couldn't get my off. Lucky for me, I was able to borrow an 1/2" Wireless Impact Wrench from my job and impacted it off. Impact wrenches are the way to go! & for those that don't know any better, I'm referring to Impact Wrenches, not Impact Drills, which are different things.
Save yourself some trouble and money by not breaking multiple breaker bars and adapters and just get an just borrow an Impact Wrench for Axle Nuts. 💪
Do you know what is the torque of the impact you used?
Cheers
@hassanmohamed8904 sorry I don’t remember
this was very funny, that bolt was like nah you are going to have to do better if you want me loose haha
ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE TIRE MUST BE ON THE GROUND. It doesn't work if you're just turning the drive shaft.
you can put a pry bar on your wheel studs to hold it still
@@feelinfreekyor just leave it on the ground
It makes no sense why so many thumbs down great video that worked for me 😃 Much appreciated 💪
I broke my kobalt breaker bar, and my harbor freight one worked. Maybe the nut was just that tight lol
Just broke two bars trying to get this off, thanks for the insight!
That was an awesome video never thought of that. But what I did was Jack up the car, with the wrench on and lower the Jack so you can see exactly what was happening. Great idea for lug nuts also.
Wow tough situation! I respect your dedication haha
I’m now two breaker bars into the same job on my Honda Civic ....my electric impact won’t cut it...tried penetrating fluid and heat ...still no joy...following your success I’m going to dust off my air impact and try that....wish me luck! (Ridiculous)
Sorry to hear that
I did the same thing removing an axle nut on a Honda. Broke 2, 1/2 inch breaker bars, craftsman and harbor freight. Then I went and bought the 3/4 drive and a set of 3/4 sockets, from harbor frieght. Used an 8 foot cheater bar, think it was a pole for chain link fencing, and it worked.
You weight about 180 ft.lb sitting on a 3 ft bar - that's over 500 ft.lbs torque on a little 1/2" drive. See tests on RUclips with 1/2" drive snap-on ratchets breaking at only 300 ft.lbs - a cheater bar is going to be tougher metal, but 1/2" drive is still a 1/2" drive. You definitely need a quality 3/4" drive breaker bar with 3/4" socket for such job. Or, the much faster way - stop to a garage to have them break loose the nut with the impact, tighten back a little, drive home and finish the job.
I asked 5 mechanics to do this and no one will do it. Fucking asshole mechanics. Lowlifes. I have no faith in mechanics as decent humans.
Yeah most shops won’t do that cause it’s a liability. If they do that and you drive home and the wheel falls off and you run into a bus full of kids and it burns to the ground with all the kids inside. A lawyer would have a field day with that shop. Think about it bro.
Finally a video that matches reality!
The harbor freight breaker stood up to quite a bit of torque before the head busted.
I know.. thats what.. 160 - 180 lbs bouncing on it nearly 4 ft out? Thats 800isf ft lbs on a 1/2"... it saw some work.
Exactly
This literally just happened to me lol. Ended up cutting into the axle and nut with an angle grinder and hammered the remaining axle nut loose.
Damn bro I swear I went thru the exact same thing I got tired and put it back together, tried everything like u, woulda never thought an pneumatic impact would do that. Going to hook my impact up and try it out
Broke like 4 of them today 😂
Thank for keeping it real.... broke 3 1/2inch drives already.... gonna buy a 3/4 tommorow
It’s a PITA!
Electric impact along with heat should do it. The reason the breaker bars struggle is they don't deliver the force as a shock. That's why the air tools worked. I'm not sure why you didn't go straight to the air tools.
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Kinda thought this was a joke....to go to impact.... DUH!! That's what impacts are for.... lol. Thx for the laugh tho.
This should be a Craftsman commercial. Safety tip at 5:10
Nice real life video!
Glad you enjoyed it
A jack stand under the end of the socket/bar junction can help support the setup. (if you have enough room). I broke a craftsman bar today on my Honda spindle nut. So not just HF stuff. I wonder if Lowe's will honor the old Sears lifetime replacement?
This went from a How To video to a Harbor Freight suck video in no time lol
Going through this today...
joyous times
weird, lol, i bought a harbor freight breaker bar, that ive used on helicopters for years to break highly torqued nuts and it has never failed. i also recommend buy yourself the Milwaukee 2767-20 M18 Fuel High Torque 1/2-Inch Impact Wrench, thing works pretty damn good!
My hood cable broke I have a van like yours and ideas I like watching your videos
Any solution
Here in 2024 to say that I broke the exact same 1/2" breaker bar dancing on it with a cheater. Off to the store to get a more robust tool. Never had this kind of trouble with an axle nut before 😂
Bruh this is happening to me right now I’m glad I’m not the only one trying to destroy my breaker bar
hello Bundy, i have a question. I am trying to change the wheel bearing and am going through the same struggles you went through with your axle nut, however even after using a lot of screw loose, and buying a 1200 ftlb impact gun, it simply will not come out. Any recommendations?
I have to do both cv axles in a min here this is what I've been dreading
Not just Harbor freight broke my harbor freight breaker bar and two Husky 1/2 drive ratchets. Had to order a air impact. Thank goodness husky has lifetime replacement.
Heibor freight junk.Thanks for mentioning what size mm socket and where to buy one to get that castle nut off.
How strong is that impact wrench? More than 700 Nm?
The “woooohoooo” had me dead
all these young new guys saying to lift instead of jump on it are crazy LOL
Exactly! Alot of young guys will be getting hernias@
Just learned the hard way. Pulled a muscle in my neck and it hurts!!
"back in my day"
Not gona blame harbor freight. That breaker bar was subject to too much excessive force. Not supposed to use cheater bars. Glad you showed the air impact wrench working. Im having the same problem on a 1991 mazda 626. Gona go out tommoro and get one. Thanks.
Not bad tools, more like user error lol, should have used the flame and impact from the start. Entertaining vid tho, you should make a video series of you destroying harbor freight tools :D
exactly!! well said. thumbs down for bundey
Impact force + heat generated by impact both helped, I think.
Not feeling so bad that I gave up on my axle nut tonight. my breaker bar and air impact didnt break but the nut is still there.
Keep us posted, let us know how you got it off finally?
What I found is if you use a jack stand under the breaker bar they dont snap off when you stand on them..
Going through the same situation. I bought an electric torque gun at HF that has 1050 lb of torque and it didn’t work so I took it back. Then I bought a breaker bar while I was there and tried that with a steel tube and it broke . I’ll try again tomorrow.
It’s not just the harbor, freight tools, my friend. I snapped off the head of Stanley ratchet and another one, and at this point I still have not got the damn night off.
I had the same problem on a 98 jeep Cherokee recently. I found resting the socket on a jack stand removed all the bounce and it undid fine. Waster ages trying before using ther trick
Harbor Freight is the fast food of tools- hard to resist those prices even though you know it is no good for you.
speak for yourself. not for others. We can and will decide what will suffice. Bon Appetit Mac
Ha ha ..I just broke my breaker bar off this morning trying to break the front axle nut loose on a 1996 Maxima ..Stopped me dead in the water ..I put the tire back on and threw my hands in the air ...Defeated ...My Nefhew Went to his house and brought me a little Impact gun ..it's a Mac ...Hoping my small air compressor will power it enough to try again in the morning .
Lol I love your sense of humor im still trying to get mine off. Lol. On A VW.
They sure can be a pain in the a$$!
I’m trying to get mine off right now on my 2001 Jetta. I’ve tried everything , but an impact. I don’t own one , no friends own on and mechanic shops won’t loosen it for me . Fuck em .
Why won’t a mechanic shop loosen it up for you? Have you tried heating it up with a propane torch?
@@bundysgarage They all give me some liability horseshit excuse.Even when I offer to pay them to loosen it . Yea, I tried it. I ended up digging through old contacts and found someone with an impact and came right off. Fuck the mechanics. lol
My words weren’t humourous the other day...two breaker bars in, my electric and air impact won’t have it....off to my mates garage tomorrow for a bigger weapon!
Curious as to why didn't you just heat the axle nut up first then remove it with your impact gun?
Duuude this nut is RELENTLESS lmao
well i was about to get a cheater pipe and give it to it with my HF breaker but you just saved me from snapping mine. i think ill wait till the sun comes up before i torch mine and give it the beans with my impact. im pretty sure that because the axel nut is a brass/bronze type copper alloy it is subjected to accelerated corrosion via galvanic corrosion. the aluminum head in these cars doesnt help. i believe that because the copper is galvanically corroding it is essentially welding itself to the steel nut instead of just the friction from interference formed from a less dense rust forming like most rusted nuts.
Thanks man
Pipe wrench on heavy duty socket with a pipe for leverage.... Done
That's the smartest thing I have read yet. Thanks Ty.
Yeah thx Ty
This comment just got my bolt off after 4 days of trying and trying! Thank you so much! Used a 24inch 600mm heavy duty pipe wrench and bounced on it with all my weight about 6 times.
I will try this. 👍
Found this video after snapping the hinge bolt on my breaker bar. Guess its time to try again.
Yes. I broke a craftsman doing the same thing once. Back then I went to Sears and they gave me another one for free. I did not try that again with that tool. lol
I wish Sears was still around!!! I miss Sears!!!! 😢
Removing ball joint 05 accord
I've always pulling up than pressing down to loosen it or I'll hammer it downward.
Bashing the freight and i work on class 8 semis with the 18 inch red soft grip i get a lifetime warranty and had it 10 years and broke it once just tp get another free np. Id say its worth the investment. I broke a freaking snap on jumping on it and im about 245
Did Snap On warranty it out for you?
always use impact wrench on rusted out bolts and nut. vibration helps loosen it
or you could try penetrating oil before that like PB Blaster.
“A little bit of pressure” lol
The last part, the hammering one should be done at the beginning to prove it really works.
Just hot glued a plastic cup over the axle nut with a little hole in the top & filled it with vinegar.
Should be able to remove the axle nut in a few days.
I broke a 1/2" Craftsman on it today.
This guys bashes Harbor frieght ,But yet makes a you tube video using them
This guy must love Harbor Freight
Yea my 18 inch snap on breaker broke jumping on it
I broke the exact same tools as you about to hit it with an impact for a long time.
Thank you so much for letting me know that even a 40 in 3/4 breaker bar will be useless when meet a nut that stuck enough
I hate stuck nuts.
Damn dude... I know this is a really old video, but I've been going through the exact same kind of thing trying to get an axle nut loose on a Kio Rio. Heat it, jump on the breaker bar (that was painful to watch by the way). The only thing I haven't tried yet is an impact wrench. I am going to get a hold of one and try it.
Yep they can be a PITA!!!
@@bundysgarage Unfortunately, on one side of the car, (and strictly out of frustration) I decided to use a rotary tool with a cut-off wheel to cut some notches out of the nut hoping to form something I could grab with a chisel to and pound it off. Didn't work out well. The nut is chowed beyond getting a socket on and I don't know what I'm going to do about that side. Definitely going to try an impact wrench on the side I didn't mess up. Hopefully I'm going to learn from this and it will be one of those game changer moments for me.
That's how we progress as backyard mechanics. You push beyond your comfort zone to try a repair that you're unsure you can do and you succeed with good advise from RUclips videos like yours and also through the mistakes you make. Thank you for putting your video out there and actually having the guts and good humor to show us what didn't work which is just as important as showing what did work. But really dude... buying breaker bars from Harbor Freight??? That's just Karma.
Funny. Cheap tools suck. Thanks for filming. Good video.
So buy impact for the tough jobs.
Got it! 🤣
loved it thanks dude
bro usually a good sign you have put too much torque is when the straight bar is closer to 90 degrees, i cant believe the harbor frieght did so well
Good vid, $6 was too much for that reducer and that HF breaker bar was no bargain either. Based on those HF tools it will be a tough sell for HF to convince people that there new Icon tools are as good as Snap-On tools.
Funny you say that, I was in my local HF the other day looking at their ICON 1/2 breaker bar and it's exactly the same one that I have in this video. All they did was put makeup on a pig... I do have to say though, their ICON line of ratchets is very, very, good. If you can I highly recommend them. Working on review videos about them.
I just broke 2 duralast breaker bars.. the 3/4 drive should do it granted you use the socket it takes rather than adapter...the race isn't on the axel it's part of bearing that gets stuck on hub
Imagine that, a harbor freight tools failed. Not surprising though, that's a lot of sheer load from hopping on a breaker bar.
Bro broke the breaker bar😭
Yep, sounds like a typical day working on my car.
Socket reducers are not made for heavy duty torque use
I don't have an impact so I would have used a 3/4 drive socket and breaker bar, a tight 36mm nut is a lot to ask for a 1/2 inch drive.
Rattle gun should have been your first port of call :]
heat + gun worked for me too
Had the same problem...800 ft.lb. Husky air Impact from Home Depot and a 150 psi compressor will do the trick. Easily.
What kind of gun did you have? Having the same situation.
"Put a lil pressure on it.....man was standing on it for time .