Easy & cheap way to remove and tighten the Stake nut,
Take a socket and weld it to the side of a length of scaffolding tube, ( yes they do weld, I used arc weld with 4 mm rod welding right around the whole of the back edge and the inside square drive hole the socket was a half inch drive. )
I ground the chrome off around the back edge of the socket and hammered a flat at the end of the pipe to seat the socket, the socket cost £3.80 the tube I had it was 5 ft long it would cost about £5.00 to buy and a welding rod, if you can't weld it yourself there are lots of places that would do it for you probably for a tenner or less !
This improvised breaker bar was so good that you can loosen the nut with one hand, I re tightened the nut back to its original position and re staked it, with this bar you have to be carful not to tighten to much ! You also have to turn the wheel out a bit to get the socket on and hold the socket tight on to the nut may help to have someone to put there foot on it to stop it slipping off, but I had no problems on my own and had lots of control thoughout both undoing and tighting.
Makes the whole thing very easy save your money on expensive breaker bars that even if you have one struggle to do the job !
Hope this is of help to someone and remember take great care when improvising things like this in case your weld breaks, I have useed mine three times now with no problems, and please pass this tip on to all, thanks
Arch H
Take a socket and weld it to the side of a length of scaffolding tube, ( yes they do weld, I used arc weld with 4 mm rod welding right around the whole of the back edge and the inside square drive hole the socket was a half inch drive. )
I ground the chrome off around the back edge of the socket and hammered a flat at the end of the pipe to seat the socket, the socket cost £3.80 the tube I had it was 5 ft long it would cost about £5.00 to buy and a welding rod, if you can't weld it yourself there are lots of places that would do it for you probably for a tenner or less !
This improvised breaker bar was so good that you can loosen the nut with one hand, I re tightened the nut back to its original position and re staked it, with this bar you have to be carful not to tighten to much ! You also have to turn the wheel out a bit to get the socket on and hold the socket tight on to the nut may help to have someone to put there foot on it to stop it slipping off, but I had no problems on my own and had lots of control thoughout both undoing and tighting.
Makes the whole thing very easy save your money on expensive breaker bars that even if you have one struggle to do the job !
Hope this is of help to someone and remember take great care when improvising things like this in case your weld breaks, I have useed mine three times now with no problems, and please pass this tip on to all, thanks
Arch H
