Spindle nut will NOT come off! - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

Rogue_Alphonse · 03-27-2011, 02:09 PM

It's on a 1980 GM 10-bolt 6-lug... The driver's side seems to have never been apart, and came apart with no effort. The passenger side has to have been apart because two studs are replaced, and I can NOT get the spindle nut loose. I've even torched it. Any other ideas? I'm totally stumped.

sandking · 03-27-2011, 02:15 PM

Reversed threads?

Psycho71 · 03-27-2011, 06:11 PM

I don't recall mine (10bolt 8 lug) having left hand threads. I had to put the spindle socket on the nut and whack it a few times with the BFH, then mine both broke loose. I was scared I was gonna break off the little tabs on the $15 socket, but it took surprisingly more abuse than i thought it would.

Altec · 03-27-2011, 08:41 PM

Have you used a impact? The biggest impact you have access to, or the biggest breaker bar you can get with a 8' section of pipe over it. One way, or another something is going to break... Some Blaster never hurt too.

Last resort is to use a cut off wheel and start grinding a slit into it. you shouldn't even have to get all the way through it. Just most of the way, and the nut will stretch at the groove making it easy to loosen.

OLDCHEV4X4 · 03-28-2011, 02:37 PM

I had one that was melted on. It must of been run without grease (not by me). I hammered the spindle nut socket in place and put a 1/2 impact gun on it. Forward..reverse...forward....reverse...PB blaster, repeat. It came off real slow, but it came off.

Rogue_Alphonse · 04-05-2011, 10:57 AM

Yeah I used a breaker bar, 4 foot pipe, had someone hold the whole apparatus as tightly against the nut as they could, and smacked it with a BFH.... no luck. The socket took no damage, but the nut did.

Rogue_Alphonse · 04-05-2011, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Altec

Have you used a impact? The biggest impact you have access to, or the biggest breaker bar you can get with a 8' section of pipe over it. One way, or another something is going to break... Some Blaster never hurt too.

Last resort is to use a cut off wheel and start grinding a slit into it. you shouldn't even have to get all the way through it. Just most of the way, and the nut will stretch at the groove making it easy to loosen.

Hmm, I guess I'll be borrowing my dad's Dremmel then

Rogue_Alphonse · 04-05-2011, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by OLDCHEV4X4

I had one that was melted on. It must of been run without grease (not by me). I hammered the spindle nut socket in place and put a 1/2 impact gun on it. Forward..reverse...forward....reverse...PB blaster, repeat. It came off real slow, but it came off.

This one doesn't look melted and spins normally, but like I said it has been apart before so it could have been put back together with no grease... I guess I can be glad this axle's not getting bolted into anything.

OLDCHEV4X4 · 04-05-2011, 11:14 AM

You live in Gap? As in rt 30 and rt41?
I live in Wagontown.

Rogue_Alphonse · 04-05-2011, 01:39 PM

Yep! I sorta know where that's at.

03-27-2011, 02:09 PM	#1
Rogue_Alphonse Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Gap PA Posts: 280	Spindle nut will NOT come off! It's on a 1980 GM 10-bolt 6-lug... The driver's side seems to have never been apart, and came apart with no effort. The passenger side has to have been apart because two studs are replaced, and I can NOT get the spindle nut loose. I've even torched it. Any other ideas? I'm totally stumped. __________________ 1991 Mustang GT Vert, T-5 w/ Pro 5.0, Trick Flow upper & lower, BBK cold air intake, 3:73, BAMA chip, etc. 1988 K5 Blazer, [coming soon] TBI 400, SM465/NP208, 12 bolt rear, 3:08's, looks like a 1980. 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 fully loaded daily driver! Where there's a will, there's a rig!

03-27-2011, 02:15 PM	#2
sandking .....I am working on it..... Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Anaheim Hills, Ca Posts: 960	Re: Spindle nut will NOT come off! Reversed threads? __________________ . . . . . View my build thread HERE

03-27-2011, 06:11 PM	#3
Psycho71 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kaufman, Tx Posts: 827	Re: Spindle nut will NOT come off! I don't recall mine (10bolt 8 lug) having left hand threads. I had to put the spindle socket on the nut and whack it a few times with the BFH, then mine both broke loose. I was scared I was gonna break off the little tabs on the $15 socket, but it took surprisingly more abuse than i thought it would. __________________ You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape. If a hammer doesn't fix it, you have an electrical problem! Slot Cars, 1:24 Scale, 100MPH@100,000RPM, fastest things on wheels!

03-27-2011, 08:41 PM	#4
Altec Getcha Pull Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: MD Posts: 691	Re: Spindle nut will NOT come off! Have you used a impact? The biggest impact you have access to, or the biggest breaker bar you can get with a 8' section of pipe over it. One way, or another something is going to break... Some Blaster never hurt too. Last resort is to use a cut off wheel and start grinding a slit into it. you shouldn't even have to get all the way through it. Just most of the way, and the nut will stretch at the groove making it easy to loosen. __________________ '81 K10 454/SM465 '86 S10 Blazer '95 H-D Softail '96 Integra Last edited by Altec; 03-28-2011 at 02:58 PM.

03-28-2011, 02:37 PM	#5
OLDCHEV4X4 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Chester County PA, USA Posts: 1,228	Re: Spindle nut will NOT come off! I had one that was melted on. It must of been run without grease (not by me). I hammered the spindle nut socket in place and put a 1/2 impact gun on it. Forward..reverse...forward....reverse...PB blaster, repeat. It came off real slow, but it came off. __________________ 72 k/10 short wideside 72 k/5 Blazer 72 K/5 Blazer - obstacle course racer 72 custom/10 8' bed 70 K/5 Blazer 67 C-30 GMC Flat bed 86 GMC K2500 Plow Truck 85 GMC K3500 84 M1008 85 M1008 77 G30 Motor Home 72 Sears 12hp Tractor Glenmoore, Pennsylvania

04-05-2011, 10:57 AM	#6
Rogue_Alphonse Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Gap PA Posts: 280	Re: Spindle nut will NOT come off! Yeah I used a breaker bar, 4 foot pipe, had someone hold the whole apparatus as tightly against the nut as they could, and smacked it with a BFH.... no luck. The socket took no damage, but the nut did. __________________ 1991 Mustang GT Vert, T-5 w/ Pro 5.0, Trick Flow upper & lower, BBK cold air intake, 3:73, BAMA chip, etc. 1988 K5 Blazer, [coming soon] TBI 400, SM465/NP208, 12 bolt rear, 3:08's, looks like a 1980. 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 fully loaded daily driver! Where there's a will, there's a rig!

04-05-2011, 11:14 AM	#9
OLDCHEV4X4 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Chester County PA, USA Posts: 1,228	Re: Spindle nut will NOT come off! You live in Gap? As in rt 30 and rt41? I live in Wagontown. __________________ 72 k/10 short wideside 72 k/5 Blazer 72 K/5 Blazer - obstacle course racer 72 custom/10 8' bed 70 K/5 Blazer 67 C-30 GMC Flat bed 86 GMC K2500 Plow Truck 85 GMC K3500 84 M1008 85 M1008 77 G30 Motor Home 72 Sears 12hp Tractor Glenmoore, Pennsylvania

04-05-2011, 01:39 PM	#10
Rogue_Alphonse Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Gap PA Posts: 280	Re: Spindle nut will NOT come off! *Yep! I sorta know where that's at.* __________________ 1991 Mustang GT Vert, T-5 w/ Pro 5.0, Trick Flow upper & lower, BBK cold air intake, 3:73, BAMA chip, etc. 1988 K5 Blazer, [coming soon] TBI 400, SM465/NP208, 12 bolt rear, 3:08's, looks like a 1980. 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4.0 fully loaded daily driver! Where there's a will, there's a rig!



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