Stuck nut

[tappst]

Does anyone know if they still make Sandblast in a can(something like that). I can't find it anywhere. If they don't what is the best stuff to remove a REALLY stubborn nut? I need to replace the pinion seals and the pinion nuts will not come off. I've cussed them with a 3 foot breaker bar for long enough and liquid wrench is not doing it. Thanks for the help.

[Antelope]

A little heat in the right place does wonders!

[Rogue]

heat good - might need impact wrench or longer breaker bar - cussing usually helps also ;)

[Bluesky4x4]

Heat good, impact good, if you don't have either, go get some pb-blaster and throw away that liquid wrench. They sell it at Wal-Mart and Autozone, works much better than liquid wrench.

[Tad]

Floor jack under the breaker bar, use the weight of the rig to force it to break loose. Make sure you are going the right way (yea, I did that).

[Bob Barry]

For a pinion nut, here's a trick I learned when I had to take the spindle nut off a '69 Toronado and I had no air-tools.

Chock the tires so it won't roll. Then put the socket wrench on the nut, and using a floor-jack under the end of the wrench, jack it up. As long as you can keep the tires from turning, the 2 tons of force from the jack will work against the weight of the truck. Either the jack will blow, the truck will tip over, or the nut will break loose.

[keldog2002]

Put a propane torch on it for 10 minutes or until the propane runs out and then hit with a socket wrench connected to a 6 ft. cheater pipe or an impact wrench. This is my standard formula for removing any stuck bolt on my Wag. Good Luck!

Thanks,Kelly

[Careful34]

If you have access to an oxy accetelene torch that's the best. Haven't found a nut that could resist it yet! Heat it up to a nice orange color and it will come off.