Monty the Rwd R1 engined tarmac eating Minus by Alburglar

3 minute(s) of a 160 minute read

I've removed the power shifter because I can't be bothered with it right now. But mainly been having a nightmare trying to remove the rear hub nuts - 41mm - in case anyone wondered. I just can't find a way to lock the wheels whilst I undo the nut. So I've fitted the handbrake...

...and that didn't do the trick so ratchet strapped a rear wheel to the front and that didn't work, so I phoned Z's and they told me to fit the brake lines and try again with a mate on the footbrake too. Also told me that nearside hub is reverse thread too!
- so I fitted all my brake lines but the thread on one of the three ways was buggered and it threaded so need to order a new one.

5-22-2007

Well I managed to lock the wheel using a heath robinson two pieces of hard wood and a ratchet strap and first of all snapped my old torque wrench - at this point I should have realised that there was something a bit abnormal about this!

I managed to get the nut turning very slowly with my 2ft breaker bar and 2ft steel tube on the end - but it just kept turning and never came off! It was threaded and not budging. So...

...I had to cut the basturd off, which is not that bad as the drive shafts need changing for the gripper diff anyway. But after a bit of good old blood sweat and tears the diff came out. What a relief.

5-23-2007

Torque wrench is an old knackered one which I use as a breaker.
reverse thread hub nut came off easy it was the standard thread nut that was causing the problems. The 'inside' half of the nut was threaded, could have been overtightened when the rear half of the cage was put together???
- it's all worth it tho because when I went to remove the chain the front sprocket fell off - it must have only been on by one remaining thread!
... Just goes to show that at heart she really is a MINI!