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paintballtommy

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I am trying to pull my axles and the left one is like stuck in. i removed the 4 bolts and tried pulling it by turning aroudn the drum and using it as a slide hammer but that dont work. i tied a chain to the flange and the other end to a 25 lb sledge and throw it the oposite way. that dont work. i tried heating up the housing with a propane torch and that dont work. the bearing is about 2 mm out but i think its been like that for quite some time cause rust is on the bearing surface that i can see. any tips guys i am really desparate i ahve no clue what to do next. maybe try and hamme the axle back in to atempt to reset it? please help

thanks,
tommy

 

6Stang7

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I'd smack the axle back in, and then soak everything on that mofo with some penetrating oil multiple times and that it work on that rust.

 

1320stang

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Soak it with PB Blaster. I usually use the wheel/tire combo as a slide hammer, put the lug nuts on about 3-4 threads and grab the sides of the tires and yank.

 

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I ran into the same problem, but my diff was out of the car and the brakes were off. So, I took the wheel cylinder off, inserted a metal rod from the axle tube side and positioned it so the end of the rod contacted the axle flange. Then, I wacked is about 30-40 times with a sledgehammer and it eventually came out. Might be hard with the diff in the car, but thought I'd mention it anyway.

 

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paintballtommy

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aight guys update. i cant even pound the dang thing back in. im taking full swings on the center of the flange with a sledge. it will not budge. is there no other way?

 

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paintballtommy

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hell yea peeps
problem solved
all it took was 70 lbs worth of freeweights and a chain wraped through them. basically i knocked out a stud oposing the socket hole ran a chain through a 45lber and a 25lber and swung it back and forth between my legs like 20 times. it finally came though. jsut a tip for you guys to use if you ever have the same problem as i did. Thanks Ronstang for all the help man.

 

1320stang

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That's a heck of a slide hammer you've invented there, ever think about taking dents out of tanks for the US Gov.?

 

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lol that was a good laugh thanks man. but yeah