robrob

I'm having trouble removing the right rear axle nut and just want to confirm it's standard right hand thread.

Thanks in advance,

Rob

hypforlife32

yes it is standard. i jsut swapped my axle buckets an hour ago and they came off in the same direction on both sides.

CKit

Yup. It's really important to torque and stake them as the driver's side tends to loosen more than the other side.

zeroptzero

getting them off by hand is tricky, you need to exert almost 200 ft lbs torque or more to crack them loose, a regular breaker bar wouldn't do it for me. Many people need to use a breaker bar with a 3 foot+ extension tube on it. My Ingersol Rand air gun (400 ft lbs) zapped them off with ease though. Nuts are Righty-tighty, left-loosey. Air gun FTW.

robrob

Thanks guys, I swapped out my left rear bearing last year and my battery powered impact gun spun the axle nut off no problem. I'm going to borrow my neighbor's heavy duty air gun and give that a try. I do have a 3/4 x 36 inch breaker bar but I twisted off a 3/4 to 1/2 inch adapter last time I tried it.

Thanks again,

Rob