anyone have trouble removing nut in end of tranny?

[indiana818]

i put the car on its wheels but they still turn and i can't hold it
i heated the nut up and chiseled the lock tab back also am using
pb blaster to soak it
any suggestions?

[freds]

i put the car on its wheels but they still turn and i can't hold it
i heated the nut up and chiseled the lock tab back also am using
pb blaster to soak it
any suggestions?

This is from a May 2013 post:

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Quote Originally Posted by wleehendrick View Post
I also recall reading that Eric has some issues keeping the drivetrain from spinning:

"after that picked up the motor and got it into position... I could not get enough leverage to pull the nut off the back of the tranny, although I proved in fact my LSD is working...lol... so I had some extra inner CV's and some bent control arms and welded up some breaker bars to hold both sides of the LSD using the frame as my back stop."

I assume this could simply be addressed by waiting to perform this step until the driveshafts and wheels are on the car and it's on the ground?"

My solution was simple and effective

"Since the spline being removed is directly behind the nut I reasoned there is no downside to holding that spline with a decent sized pipe (Stilson) wrench while loosening the nut. I tapped out the retaining dimples in the end of the nut with a hammer and pin punch before loosening it. No problem!
I preferred working against the spline to putting the torque through the pinion and ring gear by holding the output splines of the diff. Tightening it you can put a pipe wrench on the FFR supplied coupling itself, and cleaning up any marring from the wrench.

No big deal, the nut wasn't all that tight, or difficult to remove."

[DodgyTim]

Not sure from your post if the tranny is in the car, if it is a screwdriver in a brake disk cooling vane, against the caliper will stop it turning

[indiana818]

thanks

[wallace18]

I used an impact gun.

[STiPWRD]

I also used an impact gun, trans was off of the car, that nut came right off. If the trans is off the car try putting on the axles, spindles and rotors and then clamping the rotors in vices.

[C.Plavan]

An impact is your friend.

[Jaime]

I found that the lock tabs on that nut work really well. If you get them bent out of their notches, the nut comes off pretty easily. Don't bother with PB Blaster - if the driven shaft is rusted you have bigger problems.