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ezhacker1
09-07-2009, 04:58 PM
i got the drum off easy, just by my hands, but the hub bolts are giving me huge problems, they're on tight. I made sure to not have my hand-brake engaged per instructions, is there something im missing?
Altitude
09-07-2009, 05:07 PM
i got the drum off easy, just by my hands, but the hub bolts are giving me huge problems, they're on tight. I made sure to not have my hand-brake engaged per instructions, is there something im missing?

Breaker bar - long socket handle etc. I used a big ass torque wrench.
ezhacker1
09-07-2009, 05:10 PM
hmm guess i my ratchet socket wrench wont cut it. Ill try to get a pipe and extend the lever arm.
Tamago
09-07-2009, 05:40 PM
Make sure and support that ratchet.

do you have a 10mm allen socket?
ezhacker1
09-07-2009, 06:33 PM
Make sure and support that ratchet.

do you have a 10mm allen socket?

lol, i got the hub bolts off with a dumb bell pipe, the ones where you can adjust the weights to your liking. gave me a 2x longer lever arm, but then i went to put on the allen bolts, and guess what? i dont have a 10mm.....
Tamago
09-08-2009, 07:44 AM
lol, i got the hub bolts off with a dumb bell pipe, the ones where you can adjust the weights to your liking. gave me a 2x longer lever arm, but then i went to put on the allen bolts, and guess what? i dont have a 10mm.....

did you read the DIY before you started this project?

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18092
ezhacker1
09-08-2009, 03:55 PM
yup well i thought i had one, o well ill go to my mechanic friends shop to get a 10mm
Tamago
09-08-2009, 04:06 PM
that sucks lol. i've had that happen so many times, where you go to the tool box and you're missing what you know you have..
puetato89
09-08-2009, 04:54 PM
that sucks lol. i've had that happen so many times, where you go to the tool box and you're missing what you know you have..

more than youll ever know...:cry:
Altitude
09-08-2009, 05:01 PM
more than youll ever know...:cry:

+2

Then you go buy what you know you have, only to find it later. I have lots of duplicate tools :wink:
Tamago
09-08-2009, 05:01 PM
+2

Then you go buy what you know you have, only to find it later. I have lots of duplicate tools :wink:

i probably have 9 rolls of electrical tape in different places around the house lol
ezhacker1
09-09-2009, 12:55 AM
duct tape and electrical tape solves all life's problems. I keep a roll of e. tape in my car just in case. But yeah, sucks...
Altitude
09-09-2009, 05:34 PM
When I was growing up I was notorious for taking my dad's tools and not putting them back. It pissed him off so bad that he finally locked all of them up. Of course, being a teenager I found the key. :tongue: It didn't take him long to notice someone had been messing with his stuff because I didn't put some things back exactly as I had found them. That put an end to that.

I inherited and learned a lot of things from my dad. Keeping meticulous track of tools and wares was not one of them. Though in the midst of cursing and tearing the house apart to find something, I really wish I had.
cali yaris
09-09-2009, 05:58 PM
i probably have 9 rolls of electrical tape in different places around the house lol

under the bed, maybe? :eek:
Tamago
09-09-2009, 06:44 PM
under the bed, maybe? :eek:

somehow whenever i start a project i can' find any electrical tape, so i go buy a roll.. they're everywhere!
PHXDEMON
09-09-2009, 08:47 PM
I got them off fine with a 3/8s ratchet :iono:
YarisSedan
09-09-2009, 11:34 PM
I used a impact gun to take them off and a torque wrench to put them on. What you could try doing is slipping a pipe on the end of the rachet for more leverage. I did this once to a craftsman one though to take off a lug nut in a emergency and it broke the ratchet lol. So be careful. Though thier hand tools do have lifetime warrenty.