I'm being driven insane every time I remove a wheel a stud shears. Garages are the problem along with airgun impact wrenches that don't have torque settings. The front ones are a bit of a problem but the rear are a disaster as you need to remove the whole hub complete with bearings. Try and buy just the nut nope the whole kit and they keep sending a 52mm nut and it's a 32mm on the Freelander, not to mention the 295 Ft/Lb. of torque to get the damn thing off. BTW I'm 68yo and weigh next to nothing LOL so it's a bit of fun getting the nut undone (I haven't managed it yet) is the r/h/r nut a right or left thread? I don't know there isn't enough showing to tell, HELP!!!
Nodge68
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I think the OP was explaining how difficult it is to shift the hub nut when it's torqued to 300Ftlb (400Nm).
Most LRs use 115Nm as the wheel nut torque figure, which is around 85Ftlb iirc.
Ahhhhhh... well, mmmm, I would slip a 2-foot sleeve over the socket-bar and stand at the end of that then. 210# me x 2ft....sortedI think the OP was explaining how difficult it is to shift the hub nut when it's torqued to 300Ftlb (400Nm).
Most LRs use 115Nm as the wheel nut torque figure, which is around 85Ftlb iirc.
Nodge68
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I do the same, when shifting hub nuts, which can be really stubborn. I'm 190lb and have had to bounce on a 5ft length of scaffold slid over my breaker bar to release a FL1 hub nuts before now.Ahhhhhh... well, mmmm, I would slip a 2-foot sleeve over the socket-bar and stand at the end of that then. 210# me x 2ft....sorted
Sometimes, for some reason they can be stupidly tight, and other times not tight at all.
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Skinny Mike
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Probably get shot for saying this,
But if you cut 5mm off the new stud, you can wrangle it through without removing the hub.
Mike
But if you cut 5mm off the new stud, you can wrangle it through without removing the hub.
Mike
Alibro
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I guess it's no worse than having a 5mm spacer and lots do.
As for the hub nut, I've bent a 3/4" breaker bar getting one off by putting a scaffold pole over it.
Nodge68
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teddywood1
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They are 300lb ft and are stupid I have a extending 1inch square bar and have to stand on or get my son in law to stand on it I also have a 300lb torque wrench but that is all at home mean while I am in Ireland with the hose that goes onto the turbo come off but it is going into a garage latter to be done.
