Jarrid, Excellent - Thanks!!
> From: "Jarrid Gross (Yorba Linda, CA)" <GROSS(at)UNIT.COM>, on 3/27/97 11:29
> AM:
>
> Personally I have had good luck with renting quality hub pullers, but
> wimpy ones, or ones not specifically set up for 4 on 4 1/4 inch hubs should
> not be used.
>
FYI - I pulled mine with a custom set of pullers that Rick at Sunbeam
Specialties loaned me when I purchased a new set of seals. The arrangement was
something like a $50 deposit plus shipping costs (CA to TX) on a major credit
card.
>
> The backing plates are removed, and the axle can now be extracted.
> If the axle is not easily pulled by hand, the hub can be installed with
> a loosely tightened axle nut, and pulled with a slide hammer, or whatever
> works.
> Keep trying, you are pulling the axle splines from the differential
> gears, and sliding the bearing out of the case, that is all.
>
> There are no clever clips or anything to keep the axles from coming out,
> only the backing plate keeps the axle in the case via the bearing.
>
This was the jewel for me. I'm at this point and the axle doesn't move by
hand.
I wasn't sure if there was something else (besides more force) needed to remove
them.
> Be careful on the last few nuts as the diff is only attached by the
> nuts to the axle case studs.
>
More good stuff - I hate opening things and having all the innards fall out (or
fly out where springs are involved) so that they are broken, lost, or have
become impossible to tell how to reinstall.
> This whole ordeal takes me about 2 hours 6 beers for removal, and 3
> hours 8 beers for Installation.
>
So, I'll plan on at least a weekend and a case .....
Best regards, Bob Douglas
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