Drive Shafts

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Hi all just started building a zero, brought a donor kit from gbs, i need to get drive shaft nuts off to remove stub/wheel bearing,questions are what size nut, are they handed ie nearside left hand thread (is that the long one or shorter one) is it possible if removed from vehicle,and any ideas how. Thanks all

[Guest craig030774]

41mm and bloody tight yes are handed as well as i can remember should/will have a notch on nut to identify if left handed thread

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Near side is L/H thread.

 

Like on commercial stuff, "tighten to the cab"

 

If the shafts are off the car, which as a doner kit they obviously are, your best bet is to waste the nut with an angry grinder, you will get new nuts with the bearing kit.

 

Just remember to tighten the nuts when car is stood on its own four feet, they need to be really tight

 

HTHs

 

Ian J

[Guest fozzy2007]

to undo ours we had to mount the whole shaft and hub in a BIG vice and then used a blow torch and WD40 with a 41mm nut with a large power bar and pulled for ages. Then realized that the nut turns the other way and it came off in a few seconds. (felt like a bit of an idiot after that one).

 

Fozzy

[Guest salty_monk]

You want a 6 foot pole to tighten them down at the end....

 

Dan

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Thanys everyone looks like 41mm nut nearside notched (lh thread).Waste nut seems best idea or nextdoors sierra on saturday! thanks again

John