Uncle Bud You Should have called I have 2 -1 5/16ths sockets in 1/2 drive
with breaker bar
-----Original Message-----
From: Bud Krueger <bkrueger@ici.net>
To: MG List <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, February 01, 1999 9:15 PM
Subject: Rear axle help, please
>Help, please?
>
> I'm hoping to transfer the backing plates from my original axle to the
>donor axle. Bad enough to discover that 1 5/16 in sockets are only
available in
>3/4 in. drive, which means big bucks. Oh well. The problem is that I was
able
>to remove the hub on the right side using a gear puller. It took a lot of
>effort, but eventually it popped loose. But, the left side will not come
off.
>The axle shaft collar, a split collet, refuses to give. I've even tried my
>wheel puller whose shaft can be turned by pounding on it with a BFH, and I
did,
>but it didn't. There's a degree of rust in the area and the collar on the
right
>side showed evidence of being partially rusted in. I gave the area a good
dose
>of PBBlaster and left the wheel puller in place, under a good bit of
stress.
>Maybe by tomorrow night the good fairies will have shown up and freed it.
>
>Seriously, any suggestions for undoing one of these things. Slide hammer?
Cut
>it to pieces with a Dremel tool without nicking the axle? Help! Thanks.
>
>Bud Krueger
>52TD (wants its garage back)
>77MGB (wants a good rear end)
>
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