Which Hub Nut?

[mogsman 2]

Hi all, I've just done a cv boot using the cone tool, but the new hub nut is too large. I'm guessing that the front nut is slightly smaller than the rears. The car is a 91 1.6gti and on looking at the nut is identical to the rears. My local Citroen garage is shut and the motor factors don't supply them.

Ian

[kyepan 291]

Hi all, I've just done a cv boot using the cone tool, but the new hub nut is too large. I'm guessing that the front nut is slightly smaller than the rears. The car is a 91 1.6gti and on looking at the nut is identical to the rears. My local Citroen garage is shut and the motor factors don't supply them.

Ian

if you have a 1.6 and the boot was for a 1.9 or vice versa it will be

 

although that being said, i have had varying nut socket sizes, but the same diameter hole for the driveshaft.. so make sure it doesn't fit on first and is just a different socket size.

[shalmaneser 26]

Just use the old one till you can get a replacement.

[mogsman 2]

I put the old one back on. I thought I was loosing the plot with the new nut. It took me two hours to do the cv boot, but I got held up with the wishbone ball joint refusing to come out. It was easy after that and getting the cone stuck in the cone!

Ian

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

The front hub nuts are different sizes across the GTI range.

 

The 1.6 GTI shares the front hub nut with the base models using a 30mm hub nut.

 

The 1.9 GTI uses a 35mm front hub nut as standard but some supplied with replacement driveshafts can be 36mm.

 

All use a 32mm rear hub nut.

 

Graham.