Axles won't come off!!

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Nov 29, 2014 | 11:02 AM

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snowmastergt

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My Comment was from experience. Thats how I've always done axles.

Nov 29, 2014 | 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 350EvoZ

Im trying to remove my front wheel hub to replace it and Im having issues removing the axle. Any ideas on how to remove them without banging them with a hammer or mallet?

Note: Only axle that has came off so far has been the front driver side axle. It seems all of the other axles are rusted within the spindle...

Do not ever use a regular hammer to smash axles people.
And no you do not need to press it out either.

The correct way is to use a really powerfull air hammer like a Snap-On super duty with a straight punch chisel to get axles out.

Dec 1, 2014 | 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by heel2toe

Ehh I guess I see what you are getting at. The one I recently did just seemed so seized that I didn't think a hammer would do a thing. But to your point, the way I see it is that the bashing with a hammer isnt going to yield the same force as the press but rather will send vibrations which may help break through the corrosion? Is that correct or is it just the sudden acceleration from the impact relative to the smooth delivery of a press?

At the end of the day if bashing doesn't prevail you can always press it out. And if you choose to try bashing make sure to keep the nut on there as to not damage the threads. I guess I can get on board with that. Just based on my experience I didnt think bashing would do a single thing but given your experience I am not going to argue with you and say otherwise.

Im no physics major by any means, but if I had to guess on whats going on, then I would assume the vibrations and sudden impacts would free up the corrosion between the splines. Its a pretty tight fit between each spline meshing with each other, then consider corrosion building up and it wont budge.

An air hammer is definately best, a regular hammer can work but honestly doesnt compare to the effectiveness of a good air hammer. An air hammer will knock it out quickly and you wont damage any drivetrain components from vibrations or anything of the sort. One trick to speed things up is to make sure the axle is as straight as possible so theres no tension fighting you trying to knock it back.

Once you do a couple of big axles on some of the larger suvs you wont ever complain about the evo axles.