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How the hell do I pull a stuborn axle out

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Old 05-01-03, 04:08 PM
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How the hell do I pull a stuborn axle out

Axle wont come out on the driver side. I tried the BFH trick but no go, I talked to a buddy of mine and he said use a slide hammer or something. I guess I gotta go try and get a rental from Autozone. But does any one else know any tricks to get one out.
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you can buy a slide hammer for about 30 bucks.. works wounders... (i just took out my axels last weekend. made it a breeze)
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no... you don't need a slide hammer... loosen the differential...try to pull it out just a bit(you can't obviously pull it out)....then hammer out the axles out again... I was at the yard... trying to remove an axle from a GSL-SE and I didn't loosen the differential and it won't budge(after 1 hour(no exageration) of banging)... after I tried it... the axles popped with a couple of bang... So pissed... ONE HOUR of waste....
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the advantage of a slide hammer is that you donot have to touch the diff.. just take of the calilpers, unbolt the retaining plate, and then use the slide hammer to pull the axel out.. takes ten minutes max.
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Never needed a slide hammer or loosen the diff first. Just used rubber mallet or a 2.5lb mallet and a block of wood!

Some axels slide out by hand, others are a bitch! If the rear is bent then it's a bitch to get out!

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Old 05-01-03, 04:33 PM
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yeh... used RUBBER mallet... don't go regular hammer... you'll damage something...
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Bent housing=bitch removal.

A SLEDGEHAMMER does wonders (the back rotors suck anyway).

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install your spare tire backwards but dont tighten the lug nuts. It will work the same as an axle puller. Slide it in slow and pull fast. installation is reverse.
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DON'T PULL BY HANDS.... if you don't have the guns to do it... don't do it...you'll just hurt yourself... Use a rubber mallet or a banging device... and loosen the diff... trust me... I've wasted an hour and cut myself all over my hand just to realize that I needed to do that... Its not that hard just gotta see the obvious...
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if you have a piece of flat metal. drill 2 holes where the lugs go. using 2 lugs to hold on the flat metal piece. it extends the area for levarge or use a hammer and hit the metal piece.
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But why……...the tire trick will work like an actual axle puller and it only take 2 slams its out.
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Driven a turbo FB lately?

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no subsitute for the proper tool, get a slide hammer, it will come out in 3 seconds
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