cant remove axel from hub.... need help!

[Matt D.]

did you try one of those hub pullers that bolts to the lug studs and pushes in on the axle? I find that those work great.
That's what he said in his first post. Nearly stripped it out.

We even applied a lot of heat to the hub after letting PB Blaster soak on it with no luck with either the puller or the sledge.

[TalonFiero]

Man those axles were annoying and I only spent a couple hours over there.

Don't you dare say Rosey's car has 80,000 miles! :D

[cmspaz]

That's what he said in his first post. Nearly stripped it out.

We even applied a lot of heat to the hub after letting PB Blaster soak on it with no luck with either the puller or the sledge.
LOL, you better hope I'm there when you return it.

One thing you might try, I've used it with success on bolts, never on anything as big as an axle, would be to heat the axle and hub up a lot, then spray PB Blaster onto the axle, sometimes the quick change in temperature of one part and not the other is enough to break free some rust.

That's just crazy though, my Talon was never this bad.

[Matt D.]

LOL, you better hope I'm there when you return it.

Haha, it's not that bad, still turns in and out just fine. We stopped before it was too late.

[tpunx99GSX]

i have a hub puller/Slide hammer if you need to borrow it. I used it on my sisters car and it worked great. Not sure how it will work on yours though.

[Matt D.]

i have a hub puller/Slide hammer if you need to borrow it. I used it on my sisters car and it worked great. Not sure how it will work on yours though.
If an 8 pound sledge hammer won't break it loose I doubt a slide hammer will do much good.

[A//// Guy]

I think its time to heat it up a bit. But if this is the part that slides into the hub, that may make the grease in the bearing cook.

Moar force.

[tpunx99GSX]

If an 8 pound sledge hammer won't break it loose I doubt a slide hammer will do much good.

well the offer stands.
Is the hub getting cocked to one side or another? did the sledge hit at an angle by accident and cause the hub to drive into the axel causing it to be stuck? I wouldnt think rust would cause this much fuss.

Also, im pretty sure you are doing this, But do you have someone pushing the hub out while you are slamming it with the sledge? If your just hammering it, its not doing anything but driving the axel into the transmission.

[C3L1CA]

It will not matter if some one is pushing on the hub or not. The axle would have to move in order for it to pushing on the transmission.

I had this happen on both my dsm's. First one I just pulled the whole knuckle like you guys did and the damn thing wouldn't even press out. I had to get a whole new axle/hub setup. Actually same thing happened on my other car as well.

Just keep hitting it with PB blaster and try an air hammer. Eventually it SHOULD break loose.

[Halon]

Good example of why I don't drive my toy cars in the winter :) Makes working on them a million times easier!