sdutton007
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My driver's side stub axle refuses to come out even after using half a can of WD-40 and going at it with a lump hammer for ages. It won't even pry out from behind either.
Any useful advice?
Any useful advice?
Drive shaft stuck in the front hub mate?
Been there before to the point where I just replaced the driveshaft and hub complete lol.
Haven't used either of those tools but if you have a local motorfactor they might be able to show you both types before you make up your mind. At least if it fails you can go back to them and complain. Come to think of it they might have something a bit more industrial that would suit better.
Let us know how you get on. I've got a few shaft/hub door stops in storage that could do with a separation period!
Jay
The axle nut is off right?
The Clarke Hub Puller tool I purchased arrived today. It is quite a heavy tool that looks like it is of reasonable quality.
I tested it and it sheared in half as soon as I applied a bit of force to it. Not impressed at all... :'(
And that was supposed to be the good one! Bad feedback going on there I would say. Sounds like it has to be a hub off and a large hydraulic press to push the shaft out, maybe a bit of heat as well to break to seal. You could try a set of bearing pullers, with a heavy home made plate for them to gran onto, but it would be in the same territory as the Clark let down. Only other home made option I can think of is a bottle jack with a bracket to jam the back of it attached to the hub, but for the amount of pressure this sounds like its needing, it could damage a stud or more.
bit of a trek for you. but i have a hydraulic press at work. can get it out for you for nothing if you want to travel into the baron wastes of suffolk
Now that's done, it's caused a new problem...
Since the car has ABS, the drive-shaft & hub are different. Since I have no ABS shafts or hubs, I've put a non-ABS shaft and hub on it for now.
Am I safe to assume this will be fine but will bring up an ABS warning light ?
Cheers
soaked the top of the stub axle in Acetone, set fire to it for 10 minutes