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Posted by: DirtyCossack Oct 9 2016, 12:15 PM

These things are totally stuck in the hub. I've checked and rechecked that I have all of the bolts, and I do, but I can't get these out of the hubs/trailing arm assembly. I've soaked hem in PB blaster, but I can't figure out a way to leverage them out. Am I missing something? Any ideas?

Posted by: DirtyCossack Oct 9 2016, 12:40 PM

Still stuck, but I found answers here after Google searches:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=150813&st=0&p=1562661&#entry1562661

Posted by: Mark Henry Oct 9 2016, 12:46 PM

Get the stub itself out? I use an air hammer, punches them out in seconds. You can use a big brass drift and a BFH.

Posted by: mb911 Oct 9 2016, 12:59 PM

Ditto air hammer method is easiest.

Posted by: wndsrfr Oct 9 2016, 01:10 PM

Use 'em like a slide hammer, bam, bam, bam...violence helps sometimes.

Posted by: rhodyguy Oct 9 2016, 02:33 PM

Prob rusted on the location pins. Using the axle like a dent puller can leave a pin behind. Then you're really screwed. I spent hours using threaded rod to draw the cv back on. Hours. At this point in my life, I would soak the castellated axle nut, use a 1/2" electric impact from autozone on it, get what you need to out of the way and just pull the whole thing out.

Posted by: cuddyk Oct 9 2016, 04:52 PM

I made a video of removing mine, though yours sound way more stuck.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7a5ACf2xK6Y

hitting it with penetrating oil for a while helps if the splines are sticking. You may also need to break out the torch.

Posted by: rhodyguy Oct 9 2016, 06:19 PM

Well done sir! No chance of getting hurt or damaging the merchandise using that method.

Posted by: einic Oct 9 2016, 09:50 PM

I used a copper clamp around the axle, and a crow bar against this and the housing. Then I could force the axle off without hammering.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Oct 9 2016, 10:57 PM

I use anti-seize on the splines when installing. The last time I removed an axle, it slid right out.

Posted by: stinkindiesel Oct 10 2016, 03:02 PM

That's how I finally got mine as well. Started out with a dead blow hammer, then a framing hammer with a block of wood, then the framing hammer without the wood, then the 3 lbs sledge with a block of wood, and finally just hauled off and whacked the snot out of it directly with the sledge. I was afraid I was going to knock the car off the jack stands before the axle came loose.

Gary

Posted by: DirtyCossack Oct 11 2016, 11:06 AM

I figured that everything in there will be replaced before it drives again, but didn't want the stub axle or bearings out because I need the thing rollable...

I had a buddy stand on the trailing arm assembly with the axle hanging off a curb and did the trick of hitting the axle sidewards (equivalent to down if mounted on car) with a rubber mallet, turned axel 90 degrees, <whack>, turn, <whack>, etc until it came off.

It looks to me like in the decade the car sat in Texas and what not, the grease and seal melted and solidified into a super-mega glue.

Like stated above, the problem now lies in the location pin stuck in there. But I'll worry about that when the stub axle gets removed when I get to my permanent garage.