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[Mini-Hazel-Nut]

Hello peeps, I thought you might like to watch my progress with this little job. Having jacked up and removed the offside front wheel I was faced with the dreaded "hub nut". I tried a thing or two to free it with no luck so I got thinking. When I got back to the depot last night I had a good rummage through the hundreds of sockets to be found there. I finally located a 33 mm one that seamed to measure 1 5/16" and "borrowed" it (it will be returned). This morning, with fingers crossed, I tried the socket for size - it fitted like it had been made for the purpose, yay! Then I knocked up the device you see to hold the hub still while I tackled the nut. Slipped that in place, lowered Clubby gently onto it and then got my torque wrench to have a go at the nut. All I succeeded in doing was to tear a hole out of my gadget! Hey ho, I relocated it and tried again this time almost lifting Clubby off the ground, the nut just laughed at me! Covered him up again and went off to buy 2 feet of breaker bar. I tried that and still just lifted the Min up. Happy thought, swivelled the bar through 180 degrees and stood on the darned thing - crack! Me nut was loose, yay! Off with the calliper and disc, cleaned up what was left and fitted the new bits. More tomorrow.

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[alex-95]

I like the idea to stop it turning. I wouldn't use a torque wrench to try and undo any nuts/bolts especially on them so tight. Make's it much easier pushing the breaker bar down than lifting it

[RedRuby]

I use a piece of angle iron with a hole for the wheel stud and have attached a shorter piece of angle iron to it with a bolt also drilled for a wheel stud. It forms a sort of "y" with it slipped over 2 wheel studs and the longer leg resting on the floor. Works a treat in conjunction with a 2 ft breaker bar


Found a picture of something similar to mine


http://i67.photobuck...G0850Medium.jpg

Edited by RedRuby, 05 August 2015 - 06:31 PM.

[Mini-Hazel-Nut]

Thanks all. The torque wrench was just a starting point on account of it`s length. I very soon decided that apart from needing more leverage I would probably explode torquey before the nut shifted and that was not what I wanted, hee hee. My tool kit is growing all the time and that`s no bad thing.

[Mini-Hazel-Nut]

Finished off the o/s assembly this morning including the new braided hoses that I had just bought. I then put a wheel on so`s I could start the other side. It may be me but as I tighten up the wheel nuts on the new Cosmic wheel I got the impression that it was binding on something. Even in the air it never moved a bit as I nipped the nuts up yet I could turn the disc the other side by hand! Also I notice it sits a tad further in the arch than the Superlite it replaces. Any thoughts anyone? Doing the nearside was a doddle after what I learned yesterday and I was soon ready for a bleeding session. I connected up my new Vizibleed kit (Halfords), slackened the nipple and started pumping. If I pumped that pedal once I pumped it a thousand times but practically nowt out of that nipple. Think I`ll get the other kit that uses tyre pressure and blow the damned stuff through me pipes, lol. Here`s some pics.

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[evansisgreat]

Impact gun. For every job.

[Mini-Hazel-Nut]

Come again? 

[Mini-Hazel-Nut]

Finished the job today with the help of a Gunson Eezibleed kit. Had a lot of grinding to do on the bearing housings where they were fouling the inside of the new disc bosses but once that was done they turn ok. Now I gotta locate a microscopic spanner so`s I can bleed the back half of the system.

[Mini-Hazel-Nut]

Took Clubby out for a short run today after bleeding the hydraulics through to test the brakes and the new carb settings I have just applied. Well the brakes are there but not terrifically responsive at the moment as being brand new they doubtless need to bed-in. Due to a local road closure everyone is using my road at the moment so I didn`t want to push my luck and the spin was a short one. Clubby and I are both happy though.