@@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?
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
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!!
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.
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...
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. 💪
It’s similar to the jar lid principle. You just can’t get the lid off no matter how much brute force applied so you shock it by introducing vibration waves like tapping all around the lid with a butter knife and it comes right off. The impact sends multiple vibrations along with torque and it just works. The trick is to get the highest rated impact over 1000nm
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.
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
@@bundysgarageMilwaukee Fuel impact outperforms air on a YT video! I can’t afford one so picked up a Chinese brand with high reviews on YT and it’s a monster! Then there are the 2500 ones for big rigs but probably super expensive.
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.
@@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.
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
even with a 3/4" impact and 200hp screw compressor, i still have a hard time getting it off. you can put the blame on last tech\parts changer putting about 1000 duggaduggas on it last time it was installed lol just keep trying itll get there. only thing i havent tried is running a small bead of weld on it.
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)
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.
Hello I need to buy impact gun to remove center nut to change cv axle, which one you recommend ???? Is been a day and can not remove center nut........ Got tools from Harbor Freight not good quality, not buying there no more.....
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.
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.
What kind of (how many gallons) Air compressor do you suggest for say axle/crank bolt removal? That air ratchet did the trick and Im sick of breaking “breaker” bars aswell
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
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.
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
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.
CV joint I just bought says 'do not use impact wrench' as it hammers your other cv joint. Also - no breaker bar is designed to be extended with a pipe...
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.
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.
@@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.
Holy f@ck man.. I was doing same thing just yesterday... Didn't snap the breaker bar, but what's bad pulled a back muscle.. My wheels going to mechanic.., Cuz I don't have an impact gun.. 😐 Cheers for the clip..
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 .
Can anyone help me out with my axle nut? It has pretty much rusted and the thread on the nut is all gone and I can't rotate it with anything..any help is highly appreciated
1999 honda prelude doing a h22a1 full built swap, broke 2 torque wrenches and nearly my gun, idk what to do. pb blaster for 6 hours, heated it up for 2 hours with two torches
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.
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.
not a mechanic. what do you do if axle is bent and A-frame and tie rod and axle and have the wheel off already and can't get back on due to being bent?
@@bundysgarage I saw another video of using a screw driver in the rotor to keep from rotating when taking the axle nut off while the wheel is off. think I got it. thanks! 💪
Ok so how can we do it without an impact? I think most people are searching this on youtube because they don’t have an impact gun and hoping they would be able to do it with a breaker bar.
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
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
Doesn't come off a 2012 Accord. Its as if it's supposed to come clockwise. Even with a like 6 ft breaker bar to the end of the wrench. Trying to take it off so I can replace one stud that the incompetent tire shop broke and then just ignored so that it could try to kill us. Wish I could attach a pic of this huge heavy breaker bar.
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.
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 😂
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
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
I really enjoyed watching this, this is every man working on a car
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!!
Thanks for a good laugh buddy. Im going through the same problem and I'm laughing my ass off with you.
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.
man finally a good mecanic video of a real job with real rust a real problem to solve :P loved it
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'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...
Harbor Freight has good and bad quality stuff so always research what not to buy 🎉
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
It’s similar to the jar lid principle. You just can’t get the lid off no matter how much brute force applied so you shock it by introducing vibration waves like tapping all around the lid with a butter knife and it comes right off. The impact sends multiple vibrations along with torque and it just works. The trick is to get the highest rated impact over 1000nm
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?
Dude I am so glad to see you laughing !!!!!!!!!
I have gotten to the same point!!!!
Keep smiling and laughing!!!!
Life is Good!!!🤣🤣
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.
@@bundysgarageMilwaukee Fuel impact outperforms air on a YT video! I can’t afford one so picked up a Chinese brand with high reviews on YT and it’s a monster! Then there are the 2500 ones for big rigs but probably super expensive.
I LMFAO when I watch this video. Axle nut --- the most destructive auto part.
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.
That makes total sense ❤
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
Hard to laugh when your customer has been waiting in the lobby for hours and is preparing their Google/Yelp review as you’re breaking tools 😅
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?
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?
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.
How strong is that impact wrench? More than 700 Nm?
Applying torch to nut worked like a charm! Thank You!
this was very funny, that bolt was like nah you are going to have to do better if you want me loose haha
Finally a video that matches reality!
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.
even with a 3/4" impact and 200hp screw compressor, i still have a hard time getting it off. you can put the blame on last tech\parts changer putting about 1000 duggaduggas on it last time it was installed lol just keep trying itll get there. only thing i havent tried is running a small bead of weld on it.
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!
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
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
I just broke 2 duralast tools. Do I have to buy an air gun?
Persistence pays off.....and a good impact wrench. 😁
What kind of gun did you have? Having the same situation.
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.
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!
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
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 😁
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.
Heibor freight junk.Thanks for mentioning what size mm socket and where to buy one to get that castle nut off.
Hello I need to buy impact gun to remove center nut to change cv axle, which one you recommend ????
Is been a day and can not remove center nut........
Got tools from Harbor Freight not good quality, not buying there no more.....
Albert Aguilar what did you end up going with ?
Ingersol ram
My hood cable broke I have a van like yours and ideas I like watching your videos
Any solution
What I found is if you use a jack stand under the breaker bar they dont snap off when you stand on them..
@1:48 LOL this is the reason why i'm here. That axle nut on my car is no child's play.
This went from a How To video to a Harbor Freight suck video in no time lol
It makes no sense why so many thumbs down great video that worked for me 😃 Much appreciated 💪
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.
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.
💯
Impact force + heat generated by impact both helped, I think.
What kind of (how many gallons) Air compressor do you suggest for say axle/crank bolt removal? That air ratchet did the trick and Im sick of breaking “breaker” bars aswell
You can do it with a breaker bar, just spray it with PB blaster everyday for a few days. Then use enough heat.
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
How many NM is air pistol?
Not enough!
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.
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
Kinda thought this was a joke....to go to impact.... DUH!! That's what impacts are for.... lol. Thx for the laugh tho.
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.
3:15 had me rolling Im doing the same thing rn just waiting on these ankles to snap
Ankles?
Knuckles?
CV joint I just bought says 'do not use impact wrench' as it hammers your other cv joint.
Also - no breaker bar is designed to be extended with a pipe...
Wow tough situation! I respect your dedication haha
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.
Thank for keeping it real.... broke 3 1/2inch drives already.... gonna buy a 3/4 tommorow
It’s a PITA!
what if i already removed the knuckle from the suspension and ball joint and cant get it back together
Pray to Jesus. Why can't you get it back together?
This should be a Craftsman commercial. Safety tip at 5:10
😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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.
I have to do both cv axles in a min here this is what I've been dreading
Holy f@ck man..
I was doing same thing just yesterday... Didn't snap the breaker bar, but what's bad pulled a back muscle..
My wheels going to mechanic.., Cuz I don't have an impact gun.. 😐
Cheers for the clip..
I broke the exact same tools as you about to hit it with an impact for a long time.
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 .
Never mind the harbour freight, I just broke a half inch ‘snap on’ extension.
Excellent!
Curious as to why didn't you just heat the axle nut up first then remove it with your impact gun?
Can anyone help me out with my axle nut? It has pretty much rusted and the thread on the nut is all gone and I can't rotate it with anything..any help is highly appreciated
1999 honda prelude doing a h22a1 full built swap, broke 2 torque wrenches and nearly my gun, idk what to do. pb blaster for 6 hours, heated it up for 2 hours with two torches
Cut it off
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.
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. 👍
not a mechanic. what do you do if axle is bent and A-frame and tie rod and axle and have the wheel off already and can't get back on due to being bent?
Replace the parts that are bent with new parts.
@@bundysgarage I saw another video of using a screw driver in the rotor to keep from rotating when taking the axle nut off while the wheel is off. think I got it. thanks! 💪
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?
Socket reducers are not made for heavy duty torque use
Ok so how can we do it without an impact? I think most people are searching this on youtube because they don’t have an impact gun and hoping they would be able to do it with a breaker bar.
I've always pulling up than pressing down to loosen it or I'll hammer it downward.
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
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.
I got the nut off with my m12 stubby. I can’t get the spindle to go back in. Even heating it up and pounding with a mini sledge.
Maaaan I'm trying to replace my ball joints right now and my breaker bar snapped too lol I need to an impact to get that mofo off lol
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
Bruh this is happening to me right now I’m glad I’m not the only one trying to destroy my breaker bar
Bro I just broke one breaker bar from Harbor Freight... Smh I can't get it off. I need a new impact wrench
Imagine that, a harbor freight tools failed. Not surprising though, that's a lot of sheer load from hopping on a breaker bar.
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.
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
well, I don't have an air impact... and my 1/2" drive rattlegun doesn't have enough grunt.
How many foot pounds was that impact wrench?
10,000
Nice real life video!
Glad you enjoyed it
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
Found this video after snapping the hinge bolt on my breaker bar. Guess its time to try again.
Doesn't come off a 2012 Accord. Its as if it's supposed to come clockwise. Even with a like 6 ft breaker bar to the end of the wrench. Trying to take it off so I can replace one stud that the incompetent tire shop broke and then just ignored so that it could try to kill us.
Wish I could attach a pic of this huge heavy breaker bar.
would that size socket fit on a honda accord 1995? Thanks!
36mm
What if you don't have the 36mm . Any ideas? I can't get a monkey wrench on it straight cuz of studs. Ideas would be appreciated
You need a 36MM socket, that’s the only way. Go rent one from a parts store.
a little pressure?
No one puts any anti-seize on these things , only a few weeks later and its impossible to remove.
PITA!!!!!!
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.
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 😂
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