Axle Shaft Removal Advice
My goodness. A slide hammer and a prybar preloading every hit. It finally came out. I guess everybody but me in my life has been lucky to buy cars with antisieze on the bearing. I had to give it all I had on that slide hammer. Finally the last blow it moved a 1/4". It came out. The bearing was pure crust. No way was that thing coming out without force. I 320 then 600 grit cleaned it up. Antisieze on the new bearing and it went in with just 2 taps of a rubber mallet. What a pain. Second seperate axle that I've had to beat into submission.
My goodness. A slide hammer and a prybar preloading every hit. It finally came out. I guess everybody but me in my life has been lucky to buy cars with antisieze on the bearing. I had to give it all I had on that slide hammer. Finally the last blow it moved a 1/4". It came out. The bearing was pure crust. No way was that thing coming out without force. I 320 then 600 grit cleaned it up. Antisieze on the new bearing and it went in with just 2 taps of a rubber mallet. What a pain. Second seperate axle that I've had to beat into submission.