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YOUR RESEARCHHandbreak lock nut (cabin) issue
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Use 6 point wrench
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Suggestion
I would use the visegrip on the inside nut since you have room with the spacer there, and use a 6 point wrench on the lock nut or a deep 6 point socket if you don't have 6 point wrench.
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Suggestion
I was going to suggest using a socket for the outer nut.
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Suggestion
I would use the visegrip on the inside nut since you have room with the spacer there, and use a 6 point wrench on the lock nut or a deep 6 point socket if you don't have 6 point wrench.
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Unsuccessful attempt · Original poster
Success - I used Dremel to cut the outer nut (almost) half - didn't help.
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Use 6 point wrench
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Suggestion
I would use the visegrip on the inside nut since you have room with the spacer there, and use a 6 point wrench on the lock nut or a deep 6 point socket if you don't have 6 point wrench.
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Suggestion
I would use the visegrip on the inside nut since you have room with the spacer there, and use a 6 point wrench on the lock nut or a deep 6 point socket if you don't have 6 point wrench.
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As I'm trying to do some suspension work before I continue with my engine refreshment project is there some kind of a trick to loose that handbrake lock nut ? It doesn't move a bit.
Well, didn't help. Now the outside nut is almost rounded. Tried to a) keep inside nut in place while opening outside nut b) tried pushing opposite directions (inside to close and outside to open) c) both same directions (open).
Any creative ideas? Just wondering if that is somehow corroded. That location is a bit tricky to try some chemicals.
Doesn't look corroded. Are you sure you are turning the wrench in the right direction on the outer nut? Shouldn't be that tight. If it is getting rounded lock a pair of vise grips on the outer nut.
I would use the visegrip on the inside nut since you have room with the spacer there, and use a 6 point wrench on the lock nut or a deep 6 point socket if you don't have 6 point wrench.
Yes.
Success - I used Dremel to cut the outer nut (almost) half - didn't help. After some thought process I managed to get a deep 13mm 1/4 inch socket there and then used as much power as possible in that tight area - after a few seconds I heard a "snap" and it was loose (snap either because the nut became loose or because it cracked open). It's a total mystery what was the problem there because all the surfaces seems to be clean.
