Insanely tight rear hub nut.. HELP! Options

[mrdezyne]

Trying to tear down my rear brakes and suspension to start a rebuild but I have hit a stone wall with the hub nuts on both sides. Are these things torqued with a 3ft cheater bar or something? I have already tried penetrating oil and heat cycles. The threads are not rusty nor are the nuts. Nothing is rounded off..... yet. Is there a secret here or what?

[jsteele22]

The other thing you might look into is renting/borrowing an air-powereed impact wrench. The torque you apply by hand (foot, etc.) builds up and falls off very graduallly. And once (if) the nut starts to turn, there's a good chance of it turning farther/faster than you (or you knuckles) really wanted. An impact wrench OTOH can slam an insanely high amount of torque for only an instant (10's of millisec ?) without the risk of slipping and going too far. The pulses are harder on the sticky crud that's holding the nut on, and easier on the nut, socket, etc.

But 914 owners are stingy, mean-spirited bastards, so don't even think about looking around thuis club for someone with an air impact wrench to borrow (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ar15.gif)