Thanks to all who offered suggestions for removing the axle
shaft from the diff housing. I am happy to report that it
is finally out (and still in one, non-chewed up piece)!
Several people suggested using a slide hammer and/or a gear
puller to yank the axle out. I went to see a britcar friend
to borrow his gear puller and explained my plight.
Here's a trick that he showed me that made this job easy:
after removing the rear hub, brake drum and wheel bearing cap
and squirting the wheel bearing with penetrating oil, we secured
just the hub back onto the axle shaft. MGB hubs have two 1/4-28
tapped holes opposite each other to align the brake drum.
He screwed two long bolts into these holes, sandwiched an old dolly
block between the tip of the bolt and the axle case flange and
alternately tightened each bolt. The bearing/axle eased right out
of the case! Life is good. (or at least it WAS until some @#$ thief
stole 40Meg of memory from my development PC last evening...)
Thanks again for the suggestions.
--Scott
Scott Hower --> howersl@ttown.apci.com
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