Hi Greg and Ted,
Well that did it. I separated the axle as you suggested, bought a rubber
mallet, and took the rubber mallet to the end of the spline.
It was pretty scary, but I pounded away, and it finally came off.
I always make jokes about my usual solution to mechanical problems is
"get a bigger hammer". Truth is I'm just the opposite and pounding on
something like that makes me nervous and jerky -- even with a rubber mallet.
Nice spline. It only goes on one way. They must have known I was coming :-)
Something tells me the passenger side suspension is going to go a lot
faster than the drivers side went.
Thanks for the tips. What would I do without you guys....
Don Malling
Greg Dito wrote:
> Don,
>
> Try to get the hub off of the studs, not the backing plate from the studs.
> While this is easier with the trailing arm in the car try sliding off the
> inner axle and hit the splined end of the outer axle pretty good with a
> rubber mallet. It will either break free from the plate or the plate and
> hub will break free from the studs. Hopefully you have a vise to assist
> you. Don't worry about damaging the steel backing plate. It can take a
> decent wallop with the rubber mallet.
>
> The clearance between the backing plate and the hub is extremely tight and
> is usually the cause for this problem. After powder coating mine they would
> not fit back on the hub until I scrapped off the paint on the plate's
> internal diameter.
>
> Greg Dito
> CD6250L
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