Wow i love this trick! I wanted to change cv joints from my Ford EcoSport but was stressed how to prevent the hub from turning. Thank you very much for this video
I agree with you. Just take the center cap off of the rim. Slide it onto the rotor and then lower the vehicle with just one or two lug nuts and then the vehicle will hold everything in place so that you can just go ahead and go to town on that axle nut. 😅
The easiest way to get it off is just to take the center cap off of the rim and then put the rim back on the vehicle even if you only use a lug nut or two and then from there use an extension to get to the axle nut and if it's torqued on there like on a pickup truck you use a breaker bar and then at the end of the breaker bar you simply put the jack and you use the jack to push the breaker bar.😅
@@adamxenon829 no the actual rim. The center cap is the part where they'll put like the Mercedes emblem or the Jeep emblem you pop that part out and then put the tire back on and it gives you direct access to the nut that holds the CV axle in place in the hub
I only lower the car enough to get the wrench to just sit on the wood block. There isn’t any real heavy weight on the wrench; so I think the chances of damaging the threads is very low. Thanks for such a good question.
@@eddienolan7129 Perhaps, but in my experience I have not seen any damage to the threads. This may be due to my using the lug nuts to keep everything tight (no wiggle of the wrench). Hope this helps!
Unfortunately, the Impact gun couldn’t break the nut loose, even at 180 psi. The length of the floor jack handle provides plenty of leverage to loosen that nut.
@@spanky762is there any danger to using the impact wrench to take off an axle nut. Some people online say it can damage splines but I’ve seen it done dozens of times without issue.
Truthfully, I think if the Impact gun will work, then that is the fastest way. My issue was my impact gun did not have the power to break the axle nut loose. Using the 4 foot+ cheater bar provides so much leverage that it is easy work -it just takes a bit longer to set up.
@@spanky762 thank you. It was a genuine question. I was curious if the impact was a bad idea in this instance because I see so many tips on RU-vid for using different set ups with a breaker bar but in regular life I see impacts used on them. I know not to put one back on with any impact though. Definitely put back on using a ratchet and finishing off with a torque wrench.
But what you could have done instead. Is just put the rim back on the vehicle with the center cap removed and then you use a breaker bar with an extension. Once the vehicles back on the ground and at the end of the breaker bar you put the jack and you use the jack to rotate the breaker bar. 😅
