I have a worn axle shaft U-joint on the passenger side.
Vehicle is a 1997 Cherokee.
After researching online it looked fairly straight forward to replace.
I removed the axle nut, caliper and rotor and the three bolts on the
back side that hold the hub on.
The hub was tight, so I used a three jaw puller on it.
I hooked the jaws over the round hub face with the center
of the puller on the axle shaft.
Well, the hub seperated!
The outer part/bearing race pulled right out of the other half
that contains the bearing.
I put it back together using the axle nut to press the hub back together
and all looks to be fine, but I am wondering if this has damaged the hub?
Did I do something wrong or is this just some bad luck?
Any ideas how to remove the remaining part of the hub as I still need to
remove it to repair the U-joint?
I tried to pull it by threading bolts into the triangle section of the hub
and using the puller on them, but the axle shaft gets jammed crooked
by the center of the puller and I am concerned that I will damage
the shaft or something in the differential if i apply much force.
Thanks.