front swivel joint protector xantia

This is the Forum for all your Citroen Technical Questions, Problems or Advice.

Moderator: RichardW

User avatar
John Plum
Posts: 566
Joined: 23 Sep 2009, 15:23
Location: London/Wales
My Cars:
x 5
Contact:

Re: front swivel joint protector xantia

Post by John Plum »

Hi Kenny, yes I have faith in scaffold bar , but couldn't find any lying around, and got the job done anyway, with a chisel to loosen it. Probably got as much power or more than an air impact socket driver. I found that an assistant to steady the hub, in addition to tying with rope, is better.
John Plum
Xantia II Estate,1999, 2.0 HDI LX, 17000 miles, manual
User avatar
CitroJim
A very naughty boy
Posts: 49518
Joined: 30 Apr 2005, 23:33
Location: Paggers
My Cars: Bluebell the AX, Polly the C3 Picasso, Pix the Nissan Pixo, Propel the duathlon bike, TCR Pro the road bike and Fuji the TT bike...
x 6156
Contact:

Re: front swivel joint protector xantia

Post by CitroJim »

I have a four foot long 1" breaker bar for swivel joints and hub nuts. They tremble and unscrew themselves out of pure fear when they see me coming armed with my breaker bar ;)
Jim

Runner, cyclist, time triallist, duathlete, Citroen AX fan and the CCC Citroenian 'From A to Z' Columnist...
elma
Posts: 3745
Joined: 13 May 2007, 02:17
Location: United Kingdom
My Cars: Undisclosed
x 287

Re: front swivel joint protector xantia

Post by elma »

I like a 240v impact wrench and a blowtorch to take them out at home. I find torquing the new ones on the way in a pain. So far I've been using old climbing slings to prevent the hub rotating but its far from ideal.
Post Reply