Hey I nent my rear axel on my Trailblazer. I have the brakes and roader off. I cant seem to get the nut off under the nut cover, any suggestions?.........Mike

 

WD-40 and a bigger wrench! lol

 

Have a very big wrench and have use alot of wd-40

 

The wrench is fine and I do use WD-40, Has any one taken a Polaris axel off before?

 

Buzz, the left side axle nut (brake rotor side) has a torque of 120 ft/lbs for a concentric drive machine. Using a cheater bar (piece of pipe) over your wrench will help. Also as long as you have that out, I would strongly recommend changing out your rear carrier seals and cleaning and inspecting the bearings. Also a shop manual would be a big help if you are diving into some larger maintenance areas. Happy to help, just the suggestions,and pics can save a ton of headaches.

Ken

 

My cheater is 4 ft long but a good impact wrench helps a lot.
Remember, that nut has to go on just as tight as it is now.
Without an air wrench we find it best to leave the brake and everything on until that nut is off. One person holding the brake really tight while another uses the socket and breaker bar with a
4 ft cheater usualy works. Don't replace the nut dry a drop of never-sieze will lube it well. When you replace the axle hubs smear the splines with silicon gasket sealer it seems to cushion the splines and saves them under extreme use.

 

I just replaced the axle in my Scrambler. I took the right side nut off and left the other side so I could get the axle out. If your bend is like mine, the torque of the left nut has nothing to do with why it won't come off. My axle bent right there and made that nut tighter than two kinds of hell. It took my friend to hold the axle still with a pipe wrench (on the hub splines) and my 300 pound uncle on the end of a two foot pipe wrench to break it loose. We also used WD-40 and a torch to heat it. Good luck!

 

use a torch and heat it and whatever you do don't use a monkey wrench cause on mine we broke one in half so good luck

 

Hey, I called the place where I got the quad and they said something about turning one bolt one way an another the other way. Do you know any thing about this? Thanks Mike