ok guys i cant get these hub bodies for the life of me, ive gone through about a can of pb blaster and alot of curse words, any ideas?

 

Brass drift and 3 lb sledge. Take your time and be patient. Once one is loose the rest will follow.

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well ive been working with a sledge for about 3 or 4 hours and they just wont budge, maybe im missing something?

 

Use a brass drift to contact the hub bodies and the hub studs. Work around the studs hitting from the ends. Straight hammer blows will mushroom the ends and damage the hub body. Try hitting the hub body itself too from the top and the sides. The brass will absorb the damage and not mess up your hubs or studs.

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I do the brass drift trick also but instead of a 3lb sledge I just use a small ball peen hammer.

I just use short quick blows and the washers shoot right off.

 

will a torch help heating the hub body and maybe loosen the cone washers?
i want these hubs changed by 1

 

A torch could go either way it might help but i think not .

It would make it worse cooking out all the PB blaster.

Torch is good for nuts .

I have never even tried it although it is only a few steps away

 

yeah craig im not sure, i have been tapping on these things since about 8 this morning and havent gotten a hub body off yet, theyeve been soaked with pb blaster and other pentrates and im out of ideas.... any one else care to chime in? no wheeling today

 

Do you have an air chisel? One way I've done it is to just start the nut onto the stud so you cant mess the stud up. Then give it a zap with the air chisel.

Works every time. You mess the nut up but I have tons of them so I never cared.

 

the stub holding the hub body on? i didnt think it would work and i have a few nuts left, maybe i can try that, missed my wheeling trip fml

 

I take it the air hammer is not a option??

Did you get these off yet ??

As I said the first time can be a real pain you need to break the cone washers free of the hub body as well as the studs .

The vibration from the air hammer works wonders!!

Myself I think being unable to get your hubs off in a reasonable amount of time far out weighs the bolts ever coming loose on my Warn Hubs at the wrong time

 

air hammer is an option, just ran out of time yesturday until i had to work, ill get back on it today just getting a few things done around the house first!