DIY: 36-mm Axle Nut using floor jack anyone?

[cn90]

I just saw this on youtube and wonder if anyone has used this trick for the old-school 36-mm axle nut.
I understand that one can use air tool, 4-foot long pipe, even driving the car with the breaker bar on concrete etc., but this trick is very cool to me.

I certainly will try this floor jack trick at the next axle job but just wondering if anyone has done this using floor jack (of course, you want to use penetrating fluid such as PB Blaster and some heat)...

[dosbricks]

Very cool. Why couldn't one use the same method to tighten the nut the final amount using rspi's 60 degree whiteout marks on the socket & rim?

[cn90]

Sure, you can tighten the nut this way too using the floor jack.

In the video above, not that at time marking 0:55, the nut gave way...

In my 1998 Volvo S70 GLT, if I stand on the end of the 4-foot long pipe (breaker bar inside the pipe), then the axle nut comes loose.
I am about 140lb so: 140lb x 4ft = roughly 560 ft*lb of torque will undo the axle nut on the Volvo.

Most breaker bar is about 18" long or 1.5ft, a floor jack can easily lift 1000 lb, so even with conservative estimate, this floor jack trick can put out 1,500 ft*lb of torque!

[oragex]

Thanks for sharing. Worth mentioning the guy in the video soaked the nut the night before plus is using a 3/4 ratchet. If space permits, this could be also used on the crank pulley bolts

[cmblackburn]

Oooo I did this! Thought I was never going to get the thing off otherwise.

[mecheng]

Neat but make a small investment in one of these:

https://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-hea ... 61173.html

I broke a 1/2" breaker bar trying to remove my nut, my electric impact had no problem.