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Back to that driver’s side rear wheel, I made a couple more attempts at getting the axle nut loose. For a start, I bought a Bernzomatic MAP gas hand torch kit (Amazon link<\/a>)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I heated the axle nut until it was smoking, then jumped up and down on it with my old faithful 17″ long Goodwrench 1\/2″ drive breaker bar with an 18″ cheater pipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Broken breaker bar… OK, fine. I went to Harbor Freight and bought the biggest 1\/2″ drive breaker bar they had, a 25″ Icon brand (Harbor Freight link<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That comfort grip TPR handle wasn’t very comfortable. Also, it was too large to fit inside the cheater pipe. That would have left me at 25″ instead of the 35″ I had with the cheater pipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, looking at the business end of each breaker bar, they both had a similar allen key bolt holding the drive in. Swapped those out and was back in business with my old Goodwrench breaker bar and cheater pipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, still no luck. Several cycles of heating and torquing later, the axle nut was still frozen solid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With the car in gear, the parking brake on, and a jack stand jammed up under the front of the wheel, I still managed to dig a rut by spinning the wheel…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was also now sitting on top of that jack stand wheel chock, so I had to put it in neutral, release the parking brake, and push the car back a few inches to be able to get the jack stand out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Giving up for the day (again).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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