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[john 33_16v]

Hi,

Just got my '93 16valver mot'd again at retest

33 off the road for 10 days =

It had failed on a lower suspension arm bush (where the 2 arms meet).

I got a used arm off a bloke selling used bits on ebay which not only looked like it had come off the titanic, but the balljoint thread was shot!

Got a brand spanking new arm AR (£82!!!) At least it looks lovely, and I know the bushes and balljoint are perfect!

1 note- the balljoint nut doesn't come with the arm, and is no longer supplied by AR. It uses a very course thread. The fairly large AR garage (amersham motors) couldn't even find a suitable nut! After rumaging thru jars and jars of nuts at my fathers to no avail, I eventually got a new nylock jobbie at a very oldschool motor parts shop- they had to have a good old rummage too!

The old nut? Had to grind/hacksaw it off as without removing the driveshaft at hub end you can only get an open-ender on it which of course just slipped!

Thanks to markgp4 who offered to dig out an arm too!

John
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[stedee]

well done - i had a similar problem with a hub nut - what a biatch
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[Edward]

Stedee,

I am interested in how you did finally manage to remove the hub nut. I have done it once or twice - but it is a bit brutal whichever way I manage to do it. Do you have any good secrets?

E.
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[stedee]

hi edward
it wasnt pretty - i bought the right socket and ground the edges down so it would fit in the recess still didnt bloody move with a 4 ft scaffold bar
i split it with a chisel and then it turned and somehow i didnt damage the driveshaft thread - brownie points to me.
the only thing i can think of doing is putting copper grease on the nut when it is changed for next time.
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[Edward]

Hi Steve,

When you say you split it - I assume that you mean that you took a chisel to the hub nut and effectively cut through it, is that correct? Sounds interesting.

Were you generally bashing inwards toward the hub, or at say 45 degrees. I am curious with the intent of avoiding damage when I need to do this soon!

Also when you cut down / curved the hub nut socket how did you curve the edges, was it in a lathe or could you do a reasonable job with a grinder??

Edward.
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[stedee]

hi
i would say about 45`but it took some serious whacking to do it, and then i changed angles to parallel with the drive shaft ,i tried to keep away from the thread as much as i could.
regarding the socket i did use an angle grinder to take about a mm off all the way round.
good luck with yours
you could try heating it up
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