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Old May 21, 2005 | 09:44 PM
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Undoing the Big Nut on the end of the rear drive shaft on a cossie
I brought a spare beam to strip on paint up and also poly bush for the cossie And i got the drive shafts with it 1 still bolted in place

So i clamped the drive shaft in the vice and tried to undo the nut well after 10 mins i gave up
Then 5mins later after a cup of Coffee i started again but with the Angle Grinder

And i think i got abit Carried away tho And also f!!ked the end of the drive shaft Never mind they were FREE with the beam anyway
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Old May 21, 2005 | 09:48 PM
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be a coont if it was a left handed thread



sorry ya just reminded me the way a mate took off his antiroll bar on his xr3i, one nut was seized so he cut it off and bought a new one then he couldt get the nuit to do up, even with a breaker bar



i never laughed soo much sine tht time i told him it was a left handed thread
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Old May 21, 2005 | 09:54 PM
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Well one of the problems was i did'nt have the right size socket 42mm i belive so was tring with a pair of stillsons (sp) and then aBig hammer and chisal (sp) So went off for 5mins to have a think and then got the Grinder out
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Old May 21, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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mine came of pice of piss glad i asked though about the left handed thread lol or mine would have been same as yours lol
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Old May 21, 2005 | 10:03 PM
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is ti a left handed thread on em

heres a hint for people when working on siezed things that dont budge, tighten it up to crack the seized type seal ( it deffo works, not talking crap honest) and then re-attempt it

then when ya working in some situations ya discover that ocasionally ya get a left handed thread

see i act smug but i have no real paitence wheh i actually get things stuck and always round the nuts off and then i have to bell Cowboi to get em off for me ( hes the tits at fooked rounded and snapped bolts ect, he as a 100% success rate all all that ive given him , he always sorts in in under 5 mins too
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Old May 21, 2005 | 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by DAN P
mine came of pice of piss glad i asked though about the left handed thread lol or mine would have been same as yours lol
I now know why it came with the drive shafts (1 not fit the other was ) Because they could'nt undo it Well its done now
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