[Healeys] Rear Axle Nut

[BJ8 Healeys]

The left-hand threaded nut is the one on the driver's side (left-hand drive car).

If you round off the corners of a nut, you can always cut it with a chisel or Dremel tool to get it off, and replace it with a new one (be careful not to damage the mating threads on the axle housing, duh).  Sometimes the shock of a hammer on a chisel in the loosening direction is enough to loosen the nut.  The nut normally does not have a tremendous amount of torque on it.  Other options would be to use a torch to heat the nut to loosen it.

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA



---- PG <britishcars at shaw.ca> wrote: 
> I'm trying to remove an axle nut so as to replace the seals and bearings.
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> I have a 2 3/8" socket and try as I might, I can't get the nut to turn.  In
> fact, I've damaged the but a little trying and I'm worried about rounding
> the nut and being really screwed.
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> I don't understand why it would be so tight or difficult to take off.  
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> Any ideas
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> Paul
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