bigbadsquare Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 Trying to remove half shafts from an English axle , bought a slide hammer but it only comes with a few hooks , is there any particular technique to use as I'm getting nowhere ??????
over_head_cam Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 Ideally you need the adaptor for wheel studs. Alternatively a strip of decent steel with holes to bolt it onto the studs and a hole in the middle for the slide
bigbadsquare Posted January 4, 2015 Author Report Posted January 4, 2015 Just made this up but still not moving , getting fed up with it now
SmokeEm Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 Are you able to heat the casing with a torch? They will come, they are always stubborn!
SmokeEm Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 Looking at the photo on my phone, it looks like all the force is being sent through the dust cap? Might be my eyes but you need the studs to take the force equally across two if that makes sense?
classicwhitey Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 am i right in thinking the english axles have something in the diff on the end of the shafts that have to be removed to release the shafts before you go at it with the slide hammer?
Ian Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 I made a slide hammer out of some bits of steel plate and rod and bolted to the wheel studs and it came out surprisingly easy, try the wheel studs instead of the centre.
Ray Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 have you undone the 4 retention bolts each end, the ones holding the brake backplates in position ???, as from the picture it looks like the backplates are still attached, these must be undone and the backplates loose nothing in the diff casing mine came out with the tap of a mallet on the backplate, but that was unusually easy
Danish Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 I've not done this on an English axle, but on an Atlas you can remove the bolts that hold the backing plate to the axle tube, then put longer bolts in from behind and use them to push the half shaft out.
windsor Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 two lengths of 12 or 16 mm threaded bar through the holes in halfshaft flange with nuts and penny washers on inside threaded bar butted up against backing plate turn nuts anticlockwise in turn , and they should push shaft out. 2
SmokeEm Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 two lengths of 12 or 16 mm threaded bar through the holes in halfshaft flange with nuts and penny washers on inside threaded bar butted up against backing plate turn nuts anticlockwise in turn , and they should push shaft out. Good, cheap & simple solution which would work
442 Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 Fitted my LSD friday mate, struggled to remove os shaft but kept yanking and they will go. We got makeshift one that attatched to a wheel stud, swearing also helps lol! Also be wary of heating as there is an oil seal rubber o-ring inside the axle tube where bearing sits
windsor Posted January 4, 2015 Report Posted January 4, 2015 Good, cheap & simple solution which would work Worked on mine so no reason why it should'nt work on others.
4-Door Pete Posted January 5, 2015 Report Posted January 5, 2015 I use a long bolt threaded the opposite way to the backplate retention bolts. When you tighten the bolts they push the halfshaft out.
sutton4ord Posted January 7, 2015 Report Posted January 7, 2015 You need to give it a few good sudden wacks, mind side of hands !! ( back plate nuts & bolts of )
quickrack Posted January 8, 2015 Report Posted January 8, 2015 Behind the wheel studs are four bolts screwed into the axle, holding the bearing and seal in place. Have you removed these? If so, then I suggest more weight on the hammer slide, might help.
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