Wow dana 60 pinion nut

[Budnicks]

I have a "tool" I made just for that reason, it is piece of 1/4" thick aluminum bar stock that I drilled to mach the pinion yoke/U-Joint retaining holes and then bore a hole in the center to access the nut. when applied it forces the weight of the car to hold the yoke still, by wedging it on the ground. has never failed.

sounds like a good idea too

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I have jacked the car up by the differential pretty high. High enough to get under the car to put the socket on the nut. Position the breaker bar and/or pipe extension end against the ground. Let the car down slowly and the weight of the car loosens the nut. Never failed me. I don't even try it by hand first anymore.

sounds like a good idea also, if you don't have an impact

 

[Moparmatt72]

I was using a pipe wrench and my impact to remove the nut.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

I was using a pipe wrench and my impact to remove the nut.

i used the pipe wrench too on the ujoint sectionalso and only way was using a long jack handle bar over a 3/4 breaker barwith the 1-5/16 socket.
and alot of downward force. pipe wrench bottoms out on floorboar to keep yoke from spinning.

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no way was my impact taking it off.

 

[Moparmatt72]

Mine did just had to brace the housing it was moving when using the impact. Course retorqueing it was fun. My dad had a old car jack bar on the pipe wrench and im getting lifted off the ground kinda bouncing the torque wrench to the 250ft lbs.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

Mine did just had to brace the housing it was moving when using the impact. Course retorqueing it was fun. My dad had a old car jack bar on the pipe wrench and im getting lifted off the ground kinda bouncing the torque wrench to the 250ft lbs.

i went 250 ft.lbs on my 1/2" torque wrench then pulled on it till it went a little farther. i think 270 ft.lbs was my goal.

 

[Moparmatt72]

i went 250 ft.lbs on my 1/2" torque wrench then pulled on it till it went a little farther. i think 270 ft.lbs was my goal.

Was thinking of doing the same maybe did but yea my feet were off the ground lol.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

Was thinking of doing the same maybe did but yea my feet were off the ground lol.

THATS pretty funny. are you a midget.?lol:naka:

 

[Moparmatt72]

No im about 5'7" and weight about 180. But yea it was funny.

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

No im about 5'7" and weight about 180. But yea it was funny.

just joking with ya. i have a vision of you up off the ground.

 

[Moparmatt72]

I know its all good. It was funny

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

I know its all good. It was funny

your one of the good ones on here

 

[Richard Cranium]

Soumnds like you need one of these...

 

[Budnicks]

Soumnds like you need one of these...

that would help...LOL.. well at-least the strength would

 

[Moparmatt72]

Next time I have to do it ill let you know when I need to borrow your gorilla lol