DRIVE AXLE NUT INSTALLER AND REMOVER TOOL BY JTC 4158

Does what it’s designed for

Works great

If you are taking the front Axle nuts off of a Toyota truck and you see that step one tells you to unstake those nuts. THIS IS THE TOOL you need.If you are on a forum and someone recommends to; or watch a video and see someone; just put a 30mm Axle Deep socket on the nut and spin it off with an impact wrench *DO NOT DO THIS* get this tool or dremel out the staked nut. Wisting off the nut with the staked nut in place can destroy your Axle Nut and make putting a new one back on impossible.Also YOU HAVE TO RESTAKE THE NUT, or your Axle Nut could come loose and destroy your hub assembly, or kill you on the highway.*BONUS, THIS TOOL WORKS FOR STAKED NUTS ON OTHER MANUFACTURERS AS WELL*

I replaced the front transfer case seal on my Toyota truck and this was handy. It took sevearl days to arrive during which I broke two small flat tip screwdrivers removing the previous stamped nut, and was lucky I was able to remove the broken bits and caused no harm to the threading. I was NOT able to stamp the new nut though, until I used this. Too little room to work because of the frame cross-member. Having both tools going forward will make removal and stamping easier in future. I've already told my friends with Toyotas about this handy combo I can loan. If you don't have a buddy to loan 'em to you, grab a set.

Really useful for destaking and staking axle nuts. Doesn't really matter what vehicle. I've used it on cars and on a Fiat Ducato truck. The only thing I would caution is that when staking the nut, don't overdo it to the point that you actually rip through the axle nuts lip.

The main reason I got this was for the stake removal tool which worked great. But I found the staking tool didn’t really work that good and it was way easier to just use a cold chisel when staking the new nut.

After fumbling around trying to peen over the axle nut with a large screwdriver and only making a mess of things, this did the job and did it quickly.

These two tools are used to crimp and "uncrimp" the spindle nut on the CV shaft. Crimping the nut to the shaft isn't the hard part most mechanics just use a cold steel chisel to do this. And I haven't used the crimping tool yet. I wanted the other tool to "uncrimp" the nut from the shaft. I have found that by using other tools to do this (a center punch for example) the threads on the nut get damaged and then damage the threads on the CV shaft during removal. I was hoping that this tool would "uncrimp" the nut well enough to preserve the threads on the CV shaft. But, I found that the threads on the CV shaft were just as damaged as when a center punch was used. So I was disappointed with the results of using this tool.