help getting hubs off axle

[sportvette]

how can i get this rusted up hub off this rusted up axle? i got one side off, but the other wont budge. any suggestions from people that have done this before.

thanks,
mark

[TRI-Zbrian]

heat it up with a propane torch and hit it with a hammer it will come off dont worry. :twisted: if that dont work get a bigger hammer.

[sportvette]

i was hitting it with the hammer. no torch though tonight. will try again with puller or the torch another day.

thanks.
mark

[Wickedfinger]

heat it up with a propane torch and hit it with a hammer it will come off dont worry.

Hopefully they arn't aluminum. BTW - I wouldnt heat up your axle or anything on the axle with a torch - its a great way to take all the temper out of the steel and make the axle unusable.

[TRI-Zbrian]

yeah true im a moron some times but next time put it on with some grease on the splines

[NICKG]

get some wurth Rost off, (or pb blaster) stand the axle up and spray the hub(so the oil penetrates the hub/splines, take a hammer and tap the hub around the splines, srpay more stuff in, tap again repaet till the spray seeps from the other end(of the hub) let it soak overnite, then repeat this abot over 2 more days. then get a good heavy (5lb) hammer and a block of wood. hit the hub(wood to hub, hammer to wood so the hub is not damaged) in a cross pattern, altenating wjere you hit it eah time across from the previous hi(wile spraying the hub'spline every other time or so) if this does not work, take it to a mchine shop and have it pressed off(although this has never failed me) DO NOT hHEAT THE HUB OR AXLE!!!!!!!it will bend like butter on the first hit. i figured this way out long ago, i was a porsche mechanic,(air cooled 911's) trust me with patience (yea, i have none, i know) this should work. good luck

[sportvette]

ill soak it with some rust off. little afraid to heat it up now.

thanks,
mark