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Removing rear brake rotor/halfshaft stuck

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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 07:57 PM
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Removing rear brake rotor/halfshaft stuck

Ok all so i am still in the process of doing the 5 lug conversion. The passenger side didnt give me much trouble but the driver side rear is a pain right about now. I tried hitting in the shaft or axle whatever you call the thing that connected inside the spindles to the differential. It got to the point where i cant even fit that nut back in there now im stuck. Luckily i have an s5 parts car. Anyways the axle/shaft wont come out of either sides i was wondering what i could do to either get it off the spindle or atleast out the car. Can you cut that axle/shaft in half?
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 09:47 PM
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There was just a thread talking about this exact thing. Did you even try to search?

Anyway, overtighten the nut a bit with a good impact gun and that will break the corrosion that is holding it in there. Then remove the nut and a few LIGHT taps with a hand sledge and it should come right off.
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Old Sep 9, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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sorry i didnt even bother cause i didnt know how to explain my problem in my search. but i found out how to do it. Do you know if the half shafts are interchangeable between the s4 na and s5 gxl?
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 11:21 AM
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You didn't need the search engine to find it. The thread was about 20 threads below your initial thread post on this initial 2nd Gen page. For your reference: https://www.rx7club.com/2nd-generation-specific-1986-1992-17/tips-getting-rear-axle-out-hub-967708/


NA half shafts are NA half shafts. Interchangable.
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Old Sep 10, 2011 | 12:23 PM
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Alright thank you suh.
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Old Sep 12, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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I finally succeeded by mounting a big 3-jaw puller on the hub and running it down with a big impact gun.

Found much more affordable wheel bearings on RockAuto. Hopefully they last.
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