Loosening some CV shafts
 

The ZC swap in my CRX got stopped by some stupid ass gook who tightened up my axles too tight. I Had a 3 foot long Snap on breaker bar, and a pipe for the floor jack (4ft) as a cheater pipe. Between me and my buddy both budging with the brakes fully engaged we could not break the 32 nut on the shaft :X. That ------- breaker bar was almost making a 90 degree curve by the time we called it quits.

My friend suggested heating the nut up with a torch and then trying again with the breaker bar. Out of all the Honda's I've worked on I've never had a nut this tight with the exception of all the crank bolts. Anyone have any suggestions/ideas that come to mind when trying this sort of ----? On a side note while disconnecting all the hoses/clips i noticed one of my motor mounts is missing a bolt:X

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Heat up the nut and hit it with the breaker bar should come off for sure.I hate people that ---- reef stuff on :3

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on the toughest one i`ve work on, i used a breaker bar with a 10ft+ cheater pipe, with someone step on the brake to crank it loose LOL.

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I really doubted that the breaker bar was going to hold with the amount of force we were putting on it, a 6 foot long bar (including the cheater pipe) and 2 200 pound guys cranking at that ---- would just make the car move and groan in different places (brakes fully applied)

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mine holded up, it was one of those made in china 2 feet braker bar from autozone :1. There`s just not enough room to push it down, so instead one of my friend had to hold it in the front and i had to "lift" the pipe lol

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i remember first losening the axle nut on my wrecked civ, bitch was TIGHT like a virgin. 3', 1/2" dive snap on breaker bar + 215lb guy literally jumping on it. almost landed head-first onto the cement when it broke lose :X

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Tried the lifting technique, we ended up lifting the car :X. Might try jumping on it next time, but most likely will just get the torch and have at it.

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you are hitting the nut out of the slot in the axle right?...invest in some air tools nigga

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Have all the air tools (for work) but no air compressor, nigga. When you find a ZC swap with full harness,ecu tranny and exhaust for 600 you cant pass it up and end up eating into your air compressor money. Only power tool i have at disposal at my house is my makita 3/8 impact, couldn't live life without it. I highly doubt a impact will loosen this ----------er since the crank bolt came loose with the breaker bar and no cheater pipe :X

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a good gun is your best friend...ive taken them off with mine without even beating the nut out of the groove. the other thing ive done is wedge a pipe in between the lugs instead of trying to hold the breaks when youre doing it by hand