Hub removal problem

[furydan]

So for 2 days I have been trying to get the front hub off of the passenger side of my 88 4wd comanche 4cyl/4 speed.

I took off the axle shaft nut and the three bolts holding the hub to steering knuckle.

The hub will not budge. I used a 3 jaw puller and no go..The hub will not come off.

I assume the hub is rusted on to the steering knuckle. How can I get this off..

Tomorrow I am borrowing an air chisel and trying to bust it loose. I have been spraying with pb blaster and hitting the mounting flange of the hub with a hammer and chisel..It just won't budge. It does look like the axle is moving a little in the bearing so I think it is the flange stuck to the steering knuckle. I am afraid to put too much pressure with the puller only because I don't want to hurt the axle shaft itself or the rear gear by pushing the axle into it.

 

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks

Dan

[Pete M]

[flint54]

See this thread: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=24509&hilit=hub+removal

[xjrev10]

I have used a big slide hammer successfully in the past.

 

Make sure when you put new parts in you "neverseize" the crap outa everything! You would be amazed how fast those parts 'weld' themselves to each other!

[furydan]

Well using the bolt behing the ujoint trick worked wonderfully...got it off in about 5 minutes...

Thanks for the advice....

Dan

[Drahcir495]

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