Lowrange2
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- Abbeville, SC
Is there a trick to this? or is the trick heat and an impact wrench? It won't budge, either of them!
thats how i did my u joints wasnt that big of a painflht1997 said:you can leave the unit bearing on the shaft and remove it together. it will be a pain if you are trying to work on the u-joint though.
flht1997 said:you can leave the unit bearing on the shaft and remove it together. it will be a pain if you are trying to work on the u-joint though.
2000bluexj said:This is what i did. put the tire and wheels back on, without the center caps. put jeep back on the ground. Put in 4 low and park use the tire against the ground to hold the hub in place. next spray with some pb blaster, grab a beer with it sets in. Make sure cotter pin is out as well as lock washer and stuff, then get ur socket on the nut. use a breaker bar and a cheater pole and it should come rigth off.
onebigzj said:complete shaft will come out with bearing unit.
w_howey said:If the hub is loose.......
That is usually the biggest problem.
But if he is having problems with the hub nut, I wouldn't be suprised if the hub is a miserable pain to remove. I usually use a 3 foot breaker and a length of cheater pipe rather than a rattle gun.
Shaft can be removed with the hub or without. I usually do it without, just so I can easily slide the shaft in and out. Also it makes inspecting everything easier.
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Timber said:This is how StuOffroad gets the hubs off after getting the axle nut off.
jeepnuts311 said:just put new hubs on my trail rig. i always loosen those nuts before i even jack the truck up.
put the wheel back on, and put the jeep on the ground. that nut is torqued to 175 lb feet from the factory specs, and im SURE its a LOT tighter by now. you will need a HUGE breaker bar and a 36mm 6 point socket.
most likely, if you have an impact, it doesnt put out close to 200 lb/ft...get a 2 foot breaker bar...a pipe wont cut it
to get the hub out, use a BFH...when reinstalling, coat the back in antisieze. you will love yourself later for this.
-Tim