GGGGRRRR about had it with my rx-7
 

Ok i cant get the bolt that holds the half shaft to the rotor loose....i dont want to tow it to a shop and waste money...any suggestions.

That's the special wrench right? The dealership or your local rotary mechanic may let you borrow it if you give them some colladeral (or are friendly).

special wrench????????

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Does anyone know????????????

Do you mean the big bolt in the center of the hub?
You have to use a punch to knock the staked part of the nut out of the groove in the half shaft. Place a pry par between two of the wheel studs with one end of the pry bar on the ground (to prevent the hub from spinning). Then get your big socket and a breaker bar and pull f-ing hard :p: or jump on the breaker bar :)

thanks. so there is no specail tool just a hell of alot of elbow grease lol

Peace
Buddy

For that nut, yes just elbow grease. ;)

To actually get the shaft out of the hub, haynes says to use a puller... I used a piece of wood and a big hammer to knock it out of the hub on my protege.. I don't know if will do any damage to the axle, but I didn't care cause its was being sent in as a core return :)

I dont care about the axle, i am putting in turbo axles, because when i broke the output shaft on my rear end, i went and got a new one, they goofed up at the salvage yard and gave me a lsd rear from a 87 turbo. So i decided to keep it, now if i can get the nut loose gggrrrr....i also got the flange on the front from my old rear it it doesnt fit where the old one is i am going to have a shop machine new hole on the old turbo flange...just a big pain in the ass but hey i think its worth it!

If you have a friend who owns an impact wrench------it's apiece of cake.You do not even have to unstake it.