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2nd Newbie mail so you can have a go at me...

Post by ashewan »

My 1st newbie mail was about front pads on 2001 Saxo. Excellent response - thanks (better get that in). Now I'm looking at rear brakes. Got new dust caps and nuts. Question: has anybody got a neat idea for staking the nut. The old (original) nut was a bit of a mess - hardly staked at all it seemed to me. Eventually I used a chisel to stake the new one (brake shoes fine by the way). But I just thought since I'm sure you good people have done this a million times that you might have a really neat way/tool for doing this.
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Post by bxbodger »

I think you have answered your own question- hammer and chisel, one good clout!! Not too sharp though, or it cuts through the nut rather than staking it.
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Post by madasafish »

I use a small hardened punch - or a small hardened screwdriver
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Post by Kowalski »

I'd second using a hardened punch, I'd avoid using the screwdriver unless it has a proper steel bit to hit with the hammer otherwise the plastic handle absorbs the hammer blow or self destructs.
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Post by Dave Bamber »

Hi Andrew, welcome!
Glad we helped, as the guys say, hammer and chisel works for me too.
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Post by arry_b »

Have a look at Machine Mart for a set of punches. Cheap and very useful, one of those tools that you wonder how you got on with old screwdrivers and bent nails before you got them.
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