11-09-2023, 09:18 PM
(11-09-2023, 08:17 AM)Howard Wright Wrote: Hi NickLast time I welded the puller on... looks like I'll be doing the same again... then reaching for the sledgehammer! is a 14lb one too big?
If you are referring to separating the outer hub from the half shaft I have resorted to putting the axle in a workbench with the half shaft pointing upwards. Then hit it with a sledge hammer.
I remember the first time I did this on an axle that had been standing for 50 years. I started with gentle taps then ended with a fully fledged over the head thwack. Yes I mangled the thread on the half shaft. The second time I did more to protect the half shaft thread but it took less effort to separate the taper.
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Howard