69 Notch Barracuda - Rebirth
Pulled the passenger side axel today... needed to get some old (and broken) wheel studs out, plus needed to do some cleaning and painting, so figured pulling it would be best. I’ll either get new bearings/seals now, or later before getting it on the road... not sure.
Stud removal - Tried this first with my press. Wow, they were completely stuck. I broke an old rotor I was using as a base. I did get one out... and what an explosion when it finally popped. Way too dangerous.
So I went old school... rather than risk injury with the press, or damaging the axel by somehow wedging it and pounding out the studs... I made pendulums out of my arms. The axel in my left hand, and a four pound hand-hammer in my other hand. I swung each out to my sides, not super wide, but very controlled... then brought them together in my... groin area. I made sure I wouldn’t miss, for various reasons ;) When the weight of the axel met the weight of the hammer on the tip of the stud... the stud gave way with one swing... like a hot knife through butter. Even the little broken off nub-studs came right out. Just be careful to hit nothing but stud tip. This method was super efficient, with no stress on bearings, stud, Press, or me!
Pulled the passenger side axel today... needed to get some old (and broken) wheel studs out, plus needed to do some cleaning and painting, so figured pulling it would be best. I’ll either get new bearings/seals now, or later before getting it on the road... not sure.
Stud removal - Tried this first with my press. Wow, they were completely stuck. I broke an old rotor I was using as a base. I did get one out... and what an explosion when it finally popped. Way too dangerous.
So I went old school... rather than risk injury with the press, or damaging the axel by somehow wedging it and pounding out the studs... I made pendulums out of my arms. The axel in my left hand, and a four pound hand-hammer in my other hand. I swung each out to my sides, not super wide, but very controlled... then brought them together in my... groin area. I made sure I wouldn’t miss, for various reasons ;) When the weight of the axel met the weight of the hammer on the tip of the stud... the stud gave way with one swing... like a hot knife through butter. Even the little broken off nub-studs came right out. Just be careful to hit nothing but stud tip. This method was super efficient, with no stress on bearings, stud, Press, or me!
