cant get the spindle nut loose...any suggestions? - Honda Prelude Forum

h22jdmvtec · 06-01-2009, 11:39 AM

hey guys i cant seem to get the spindle nut loose on the front of my lude...its a 99 with 98,000 on it and ive tried heating the spindle nut and my impact gun wont budge it...i tried using my breaker bar with a 5 foot cheater pipe on it and it snapped my breaker bar...any suggestions of how to get it off? all help is appreciated...thanks...

h22jdmvtec · 06-01-2009, 05:44 PM

mods can close this thread..i finally got them free...took me all day for both front spindle nuts but the are off...

RomPirate · 06-01-2009, 07:55 PM

How about you tell us how you did it so that it'll help people in the future?

h22jdmvtec · 06-01-2009, 08:46 PM

heat, pb blaster, and alot of patience with the impact gun...short bursts with the impact gun and it will eventually come free...

Lude Acts · 06-02-2009, 11:43 AM

gotta heat them things 9 times out of 10.

AMorgan · 06-02-2009, 12:14 PM

I'm guessing the fronts are different than the rears considerably? I just took a breaker bar and socket to my rear ones and popped 'em off. Haven't gotten into the fronts yet.

h22jdmvtec · 06-02-2009, 02:14 PM

yeah each nut took me like an hour and a half to get off...i heated them for like 20 minutes..and then let them cool down sprayed some pb blaster on them and let that sit for a few minutes and then hit it with my breaker bar...which ended up snapping...so i took the impact wrench to it and after about 15-20 minutes they finally came free...