Posts: 39 From: Reading, PA, USA Registered: Feb 2002
posted 04-15-2002 09:25 PM
Ok this is driving me NUTS. I removed an 8in center section with no problems at all....Now im trying to get my weak 2:80 outa my 65 stang and the damn axles wont come out not matter how hard i try....any ideas here guys?????
Posts: 3806 From: Sonoma,CA,USA Registered: Mar 2000
posted 04-15-2002 09:54 PM
Did you remove the four bolts holding the axle bearing retaining plates?
Assuming you did then they are just stuck. Try mounting your brake drum backwards onto the wheelstuds. Then put 3 lug nuts on backwards about a 1/4 on. And use the drum as a "slide hammer" and bang the axles out. If that doesn't work rent a axle slide hammer and get serious about it!
Posts: 748 From: Orange, Ca. United States of America Registered: Dec 2001
posted 04-15-2002 10:58 PM
Maybe a shot of penetrant on those bolts will help free 'em up. I'd soak the pee out of them , let it sit for a few hours and try again
Posts: 109 From: Southern Ohio, USA Registered: Feb 2001
posted 04-16-2002 10:31 AM
You might also try tamping on the outside of the housing where the bearings set. Worse case use a slide hammer as previously suggested. You can always install new lug bolts if you should tear the originals up.
There should be nothing holding the axle in...assuming you've already removed the four bolts that attach the retaining plates.