EJMW(at)aol.com wrote:
>> Anyone know if there is some special trick to getting the splined hub for my
>> spoked wheels off the rear axle.
>> I have removed the locking nut inside but still no luck.
T Wiencek wrote:
> Buy a good HEAVY duty hub puller. I bought mine from Sears/Craftsman. Only
> use two bolts. If you use three you'll never get the torques even. Tighten
> it up and get your biggest hammer. Then do what comes naturally. The other
> way to remove them is to pull out the axle with the hub and press them off.
> Be sure to only loosen the nut (do not remove!) so when it comes loose it does
> not shoot off.
Be sure you put this big nut back on before you bash the hub puller
with your BFH. I made the mistake of leaving the nut off once, and
the end of the axle spread out from the force of the hammer blows. I
was never able to get the nut back on...oops. Fortunately for me
this was on a parts car and not my "real" car, so I was saved the
hassle of finding the right sized die to fix it, or swapping the
axle. Moral: put that nut back on, and make sure outboard face of
the nut is flush with the end of the axle. Here's a crude drawing of
where the nut should be before you bash.
-------\
| nut \
| |
--------------------------------------|--------|
threaded axle /////////|////////||
--------------------------------------|--------|
| |
| /
-------/
-- T.J. "don't force it; get a bigger hammer" Higgins tjhiggin(at)ingr.com Huntsville, AL
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