Jim, the advice you've already received from others on the list is correct.
Marinate in PB Blaster, try a 6-point socket, etc. If you go the socket
route, you might also try using an impact wrench (if you have air supply),
or you might try one of the pseudo-impact-wrench units that you hit with a
hammer (not sure what they're called). If you go after it with a torch, be
sure you clean all the grease out of the hub first. A hub and rotor assembly
makes a lousy hibachi.
Or you could take the easy way out and take it to a machine shop and have
them do it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net]On Behalf Of Jim Sylvester
> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:25 AM
> To: datsun-roadsters@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: frozen nut on hub assembly
>
>
> I'm at my wits end with a simple task so I thought I would see if anyone
> else has approached this issue in a different way.
>
> The four bolts that hold the hub assembly to the disk brake rotor
> are simply
> too frozen to move. I've soaked everything with 3-in-1 oil and
> pounded and
> pounded to no avail other than to begin to round the end of the bolts. To
> make matters worth, I'm having to work with the open end of the wrench
> because - unlike the passenger side - on the drivers side hub assembly I
> can't get the box end of the wrench over the end of the bolt.
>
> Any ideas? I'm afraid if I keep pounding with the open end of the wrench
> I'll just finish rounding the ends of the bolts and REALLY be sunk.
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