front pinion nut

[connectingbar]

Does anyone have a trick to loosen the fron pinion nut on a deuce??

I have tried with all my might with a cheater bar and the wheel tourque lug wrench. I do not have a 3/4 impact ( not yet)

Any thoughts???

 

[WillWagner]

A good strong 1/2 inch impact can do it, but the 3/4 WILL do it.

 

[Angus1]

Please don't be offended, did you the cotter pin first?

 

[connectingbar]

Removed the cotter pin, soaked with pb blaster still no go ( under manual power) Would attaching a breaker bar and socket and driving the truck in reverse with the bar on the leaf spring work?/

 

[mudguppy]

yes. i'd ratchet strap against the breaker bar near the socket end to ensure the socket stays fully seated on the pinion nut.

done it on an early bronco before, not a deuce - it's all the same concept.

 

[800summit]

Make it easy on yourself and use the impact gun, I tried using a cheater bar once and I only tried it once, use a gun to do it, works great and will not move the rig forward or back

 

[connectingbar]

Got it off today ( broke down and bought and used an impact)

Thanks guys

Won a winch on GL and I plan on installing it on my W/O deuce. Just need the other parts

 

[drgreg]

Glad to hear it worked. If you were closer you could borrow any of my tools.

 

[BugEyeBear]

You'll find LOTS of other uses for that impact wrench down the road!

You will no doubt kick yourself for not buying one earlier!!



QUICK STORY...
Back in college (a very long time ago...) I bought an old rusty VW Bus (Van) for a couple hundred $$.
Brakes were only working on the front wheels, so I decided to pull the rear drums in my apartment parking lot and see what the problem was.
This was one of those VW setups where the rear drum/hub combo is held on by one BIG center nut. I spent close to an hour with a huge breaker bar, cheater bar, and a small sledge hammer trying to get that nut free. It simply wouldn't budge (probably because the Bus had lived near the ocean for a few years).
I decided to take a beer break, and while I was standing some 20 feet away from the Bus all of my efforts finally showed some results. The Bus fell off the jack and landed right where I'd been sitting 5 minutes earlier!
I then decided it was wise to take the Bus to a mechanic.
He grabbed his air-impact gun and that bolt spun right off in an instant!

1st Lesson Learned: Use the right tool the 1st time.
2nd Lesson Learned: ALWAYS use jack stands.
3rd Lesson Learned: NEVER sit with your crotch directly below the brake drum!!



(Hopefully I'm smarter now... Hopefully....)


"Cheers!"
-Bear-

 

[sonnyh]

Left hand or right hand thred?

 

[BugEyeBear]

Left hand or right hand thred?

Are any of the Deuce Pinion Nuts LH Thread??
I didn't think so.... (but I'm not 100% sure)

 

[sonnyh]

Don't know all trucks. Are you taking the lock nut off or the one behind it. There is a lock ring behind the 1st nut. tabes bent over the edges of the nut.