Irish Mini Owners Club

Ok i have a sub frame at home with shafts and hubs intact but for the life of god i cant loosen the hub nuts i need the shafts asap so is there any way to get the sha fts out of the cv joint and how

the cv joint should come off the shaft with a bit of gentle persuasion.
ball joints and all that disconnected and a few taps of a hammer from behind should take the hub and cv off

Cant loosen the nut though

you can take the whole cv joint off the drive shaft though

Ill have a look wat think just give the cv joint a few slaps

minionly wrote:Ill have a look wat think just give the cv joint a few slaps

use a copper hammer or a piece of timber to soften the blow if you want to use the cv again

Are you talking about the castle nut? If so cold chisel will go through it easily if its stuck on

if you can secure the hub (and subframe) from moving, usually a "breaker bar" or extention will shift them: they are wound up to 150 - 200 ft/lb so are quite tight.

Yeah keith its tight it has put a bend in my bar lil so it is tight

Could you transfer the whole hub/shaft ?

Is it the driveshaft or CV you need.If its just the driveshaft you dont need to open the nut, a sharp blow to the back of the CV should release the driveshaft.

They are a pain to get off, just get a longer bar, thats what I do

You'll struggle using brute force only, the best way is to get the nut under tension then using a large hammer strike the bar, the shock will loosen the nut. I always use a 3/4" breaker bar and socket with a 6' extension (scafolding tube) and then whilst someone stands on the breaker bar another person hits it with the big hammer, hasn't failed me yet.

Thats the way to do it alright it always works for me