Holy crap was that a surprise.
From all the reading i expected the axle nut on my car to be tight but WOW.
I got a 17mm socket in the mail because it was practically impossible to find locally. UPS came and I couldn't wait to try it.
I first gave it a shot with a 24" breaker just to see what the fuss was all about. The axle nut only laughed at me. Then I went and grabbed the 4 foot bar that is the handle to my floor jack and gave it the business.
I was kinda pumped up from all the levering and heard a huge CRACK! I thought sh** I broke the nut or bar or socket or something. Low and behold when I looked everything was in one piece and the nut was finger loose as everyone says.
Tomorrow, new axle here I come!
http://www.vagsearch.com/articles/b5-axle-diy
*note: also I wanted to throw in that I won the Napa lottery and got an actual Audi stamped rebuilt axle!
From all the reading i expected the axle nut on my car to be tight but WOW.
I got a 17mm socket in the mail because it was practically impossible to find locally. UPS came and I couldn't wait to try it.
I first gave it a shot with a 24" breaker just to see what the fuss was all about. The axle nut only laughed at me. Then I went and grabbed the 4 foot bar that is the handle to my floor jack and gave it the business.
I was kinda pumped up from all the levering and heard a huge CRACK! I thought sh** I broke the nut or bar or socket or something. Low and behold when I looked everything was in one piece and the nut was finger loose as everyone says.
Tomorrow, new axle here I come!
http://www.vagsearch.com/articles/b5-axle-diy
*note: also I wanted to throw in that I won the Napa lottery and got an actual Audi stamped rebuilt axle!
1st Gear
lol i used a metal fence post i found laying in the bushes when i did mine. i used the bracket for a satellite dish for my roommate's volvo the other day... that was hysterical.