Rear Brake Castle Nut

[Fisher]

Can anyone tell me the size of the castle nut on the rear brakes (on a 1970) as I need to get the correct sized socket to undo them!

Many thanks

 

[Harlequin]

46mm & a bit of info on tech thread.................
http://forum.earlybay.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=10093&p=93109&hilit=hub+nut#p93109" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

 

[Fisher]

Cheers for that...funnily enough, searching for castle nut didn't turn up the answer...hub nut is obviously where it's at! :lol:

 

[Araon]

Hope you got a good breaker bar......

 

[Fisher]

Hope you got a good breaker bar......

Picking one up on the way home!

 

[Guest]

Hope you got a good breaker bar......

Picking one up on the way home!

a lenght of scaffold piping will also help :wink:

 

[Harlequin]

Hope you got a good breaker bar......

Picking one up on the way home!

a lenght of scaffold piping will also help :wink:

+ a big fat bloke on the end of the scaffold pole :lol:

 

[Araon]

problem is I'm nowhere near Gloucester this weekend...

 

[VWAIRCOOLED]

I welded a socket on the end of a scaffold bar,then extended it because it was so tight

You'll need someone to hold the brake on too.Also if you mark the nut in relation to the hub you can do it back up to where it was before.

 

[Shamrockez]

We've just done this on our Split - worryingly it came undone with just a large adjustable spanner and little pressure :shock: :shock: :shock: