Stubborn Castle Nut
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Stubborn Castle Nut
I have been trying to remove this castle nut below my ball joint for the past 48 hours. I have tried specialty sockets which dig into the nut, those do not work. I have tried soaking the nut in PB Blaster and then using vice grips. All I am doing is rounding off the nut as you can see . I was thinking of trying a cold chisel but I really do not want to damage the bolt .If I did use a chisel how would I go about it. Any suggestions or other ideas?
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If you can still grip it, heat up the nut until it is red hot then crank on it should come right off. You can pick up a torch at home depot. If you cant get a grip on it might want to try a nut spliter.
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Did you remove the cotter pin? It looks like it is still visible in the 1st picture.
Do not heat balljoints that you plan to reuse. Do not heat balljoints that you do not plan to reuse. Heat can make a ball joint explode with enough force to throw pieces of steel through metal siding. I would use a grinder with a cutoff wheel to slice through the nut. With care you can cut the nut without damaging threads.
Do not heat balljoints that you plan to reuse. Do not heat balljoints that you do not plan to reuse. Heat can make a ball joint explode with enough force to throw pieces of steel through metal siding. I would use a grinder with a cutoff wheel to slice through the nut. With care you can cut the nut without damaging threads.
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I have been trying to remove this castle nut below my ball joint for the past 48 hours. I have tried specialty sockets which dig into the nut, those do not work. I have tried soaking the nut in PB Blaster and then using vice grips. All I am doing is rounding off the nut as you can see . I was thinking of trying a cold chisel but I really do not want to damage the bolt .If I did use a chisel how would I go about it. Any suggestions or other ideas?
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...stop f'in around, buy two new ball joints, a tie rod separator and an angle grinder.
believe me it will save you sooo much time and effort.
Cut right through the castle nut and the threaded lower portion of the ball joint, then use the tie rod separator, then a hammer to smash the remains of the ball joint out.
then install the new ones.
believe me it will save you sooo much time and effort.
Cut right through the castle nut and the threaded lower portion of the ball joint, then use the tie rod separator, then a hammer to smash the remains of the ball joint out.
then install the new ones.
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get a grinder and cut it off,
don't tell me you are planning on re-using it at this point
i dont see how this is possible if you were using the correct size socket to begin with
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don't tell me you are planning on re-using it at this point
i dont see how this is possible if you were using the correct size socket to begin with
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Last edited by mikey1; Aug 17, 2015 at 11:11 AM.
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