can't break CV nut loose?

[MiKe1_golf]

any tips for breaking the CV nut loose? i've tried heaps of levearage with a pipe but only succeeded in bending the socket wrench. drenched it in wd40 last night and tred again today but still no good. any hot tips?
also tried my impact socket air too still no luck

[mikinoz]

I had this problem, so I took it to a mechanic to loosen, tightened it by hand, and came home to continue working on it.

[MiKe1_golf]

I had this problem, so I took it to a mechanic to loosen, tightened it by hand, and came home to continue working on it.

i'd try that but i can't drive it till i've fixed it which requires me to get the cv nut off. plus not regiseterd yet.

[h100vw]

What you need is a big enough bar. In the past I have done them with a 2 foot bar.

The real hard ones though, Mr 3/4 socket set comes to the party. Then they yield easy.

WD40 won't go anywhere, heat might. Depending on why you want it off. The bearing has to be a consideration. A hot air gun would be pretty safe, blow torch not so.

Gavin

[mikinoz]

The only other method I have ever used is the one with a long bar end, but this failed me (the pipe extension not the bar on the socket) for the first time on the MK1 as well. Anyone else have a tip?

[Tim]

get better quality tools and try again! You need something that wont bend/break!

[Golf Loon]

Strong T Bar, not a supercheep one and a length of exhaust pipe.

[MiKe1_golf]

i used a cheap tool today, i have a kingchrome set too but didn't want to wreck it. sounds like it's a matter of finding a strong enough tool for the job. thought there might have been a trick to it that i was missing. swearing at it wasn't working

[Tim]

as loon says a good quality T bar is the go. You would have to try really hard to break it if its decent.

[MiKe1_golf]

where the F do you get good tools from these days most places seem to stock cheap shiz these days.

[gerhard]

Get a Shentai electric impact wrench. I have used mine successfully on my Jackaroo pinion nut, exhaust flange nuts and Troopy spare wheel nuts that had been unused for so long they'd rusted on. The Troopy owner laughed at the little green thing, until it undid the nuts with consummate ease. (I should have left him stranded, but I can be nice sometimes,,,,,)

Good for about 350nm of torque, delivered with a hammer action rather than gentle levering as with a long wrench.

[mikinoz]

Good for about 350nm of torque, delivered with a hammer action rather than gentle levering as with a long wrench.

More torques than a MKV TDI!

[gerhard]

More torques than a MKV TDI!

Haha, yep. But Shentai winds up and "fires" about 4 times a minute, whereas the TDI does it a bit more often

[Golf Loon]

where the F do you get good tools from these days most places seem to stock cheap shiz these days.

Narellan toolbox is pretty close to you. Or Bursons or a decent car shop.

[paulie71]

agree with the idea of an impact gun with some impact sockets as normal sockets will shatter. Some things can be done with cheap and cheerful stuff, but big items like hub nuts, allen keys and head bolts the stronger and better they are, the easier the job is.