Jack -
If you have disks, a plate (1/2" alum or 1/4" steel) drilled for the lugs
and a center hole for the slide hammer works pretty good.
regards,
Clay L.
'67 Sprite
At 10:41 AM 10/17/2002 -0500, Peter C. wrote:
>Jack,
> No need to remove that pinion nut, unless you want bigger troubles
>(thereby making tomorrow worse).
> Time for a slide hammer. A rentable item. I don't recall if you
>have wire wheels or not. I've done the job several times where the axle
>brakes just inside of the diff carrier bearing and mushrooms so the axle
>wont come out, and significantly, neither will the diff!!
> I had a wire wheel car at the time I was teaching my GF to drive..
>the only time I had my axles break... and I got a used knackered knock-off
>which I drilled for the slide hammer. Not sure how to go about it with a
>disc wheeled car.
> Once the shaft came out, then I could pull the pig and the stubby
>bit fell out. The bearing seemed none the worse for the whacking it got
>when the mushroomed end of the shaft was squeezed through it. A little
>rinsing out of metal shards, reinstallation of pig and axle, and Bob's your
>uncle.
> Good luck.
> Peter C
>==
>At 11:22 PM 10/16/2002, you wrote:
> >That left axle still will not budge. The long bar didn't work because of
> >the cross pin which I finally saw (in the pinion gear?) when I took my
> >flashlight out of my pocket. The diff will probably come off tommorrow
> >after I take the nut off the end of the pinion gear. Amazing what a
> >flashlight will show you when you point it in the right direction.
> >
> >I'm worried about that left axle though. I've put some serious force on it
> >now. Has anyone ever fried a bearing and welded it to the axle and
> >housing? I'd think I would have heard some serious noise if that had
> happened.
> >
> >Tommorrow's got to be better. Jack
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