Can't get my nut off

[saaz]

Well next time I want a nut off I will ask a Texan

[focus frenzy]

Well next time I want a nut off I will ask a Texan

the secret is, you have to hold your "wrench" the right way to get your nut off. :roll:

[Carter Turk]

Clutch hub nut

Hey Hap,

Cool you got that nut off. I've had difficulty like you but not that severe.
I found what I think is a galvanized chainlink fence bracket that goes around a fat post. Its just shy of 1/8 inch thick and about an inch wide. It wraps around the post and has two tabs that stick out about an inch.

I looked at it at the hardware store and said that looks about right. I brought it home and it fit perfectly over the inner clutch hub (1100E/1150ES). The two tabs fit perfectly into the clutch basket (where clutch plate tangs go). I take a small piece of metal and angle it between the inner clutch hub indents and clutch basket in a different spot than where the tabs from the bracket go. Angle it to oppose the loosening or tightening of the nut.

I then take a pair of Vice Grips and pinch the two tabs together inbetween where the clutch plate tangs go. Orient the vise grips so that you can use your foot to resist the torque being applied.

This may help when tightening the nut to spec on your rebuild because of the spinning factor. Hope this might help, I think the bracket cost about $4. Happy New Year, Carter

[Hap Call]

Re: Clutch hub nut

Hey Hap,

Cool you got that nut off. I've had difficulty like you but not that severe.
I found what I think is a galvanized chainlink fence bracket that goes around a fat post. Its just shy of 1/8 inch thick and about an inch wide. It wraps around the post and has two tabs that stick out about an inch.

I looked at it at the hardware store and said that looks about right. I brought it home and it fit perfectly over the inner clutch hub (1100E/1150ES). The two tabs fit perfectly into the clutch basket (where clutch plate tangs go). I take a small piece of metal and angle it between the inner clutch hub indents and clutch basket in a different spot than where the tabs from the bracket go. Angle it to oppose the loosening or tightening of the nut.

I then take a pair of Vice Grips and pinch the two tabs together inbetween where the clutch plate tangs go. Orient the vise grips so that you can use your foot to resist the torque being applied.

This may help when tightening the nut to spec on your rebuild because of the spinning factor. Hope this might help, I think the bracket cost about $4. Happy New Year, Carter

Carter, could you post a picture of it?

Hap

[HiSPL]

Tomorrow I go to the doctor to get a procedure done to get my nut off. 8O











(no kidding, I'm gettin' nuetered tomorrow!

[focus frenzy]

OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
Aint no one getting close to my twins with no sharp knife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
watch out for the severe side effects, severe brusing and swelling, they can swell up to the size of baseballs and you will wish you were dead!!!!
it happened to my eldest brother!! NO JOKE!!

[Hap Call]

In rteference to my other nuts, the procedure was not bad just stay off your feet a couple of days. Leon, we all considered chipping in so you could get it done..ya know, keeping the gene pool clean 8)

Hap

[Hoomgar]

Okay, I finally got it off! It took a cutting torch (to heat the nut) and a half-inch impact, but the nut is off!!!

SWEET!!!!

Hap

Rock on! \/ =D>

[Hoomgar]

In rteference to my other nuts, the procedure was not bad just stay off your feet a couple of days. Leon, we all considered chipping in so you could get it done..ya know, keeping the gene pool clean 8)

Hap

I was down for the evening, went back to work the very next day! Some guys get lucky they tell me, I guess I was one of them. A little tender but no issues getting around or operating the concrete truck I was driving at the time. It was a horrifying experience getting it done though Even though the whole thing lasted about 5 minutes. lol

One of the best things I've ever done in my life!