How the HECK do you get these cone washers off....??? what's the secret?

thanks,

aaron

 

There's a lot of opinions on this board. Here's what I have done:

Spray with pb blaster
Hammer the studs with some type of brass. Now I use a brass punch and hit the punch against the end of the stud which makes the cone washers fly off. Before I would put a brass plumbing fitting over the end of the stud and beat on that with a sledge. Either works, the goal is to allow the brass to deform instead of the stud.

 

awesome!
just sprayed them w/ PB.....
now, i've got to wait for Sears to open to get the brass punch....

i had NO idea where to hammer....on the studs makes sense...just with the right tool!

aaron

 

Just make sure you leave the nut on the stud so the cone washer does not fly across your garage. Just back it off so it is flush with the top of the stud.

 

BFH

 

i get mine off by tapping on the top. and rotating around for each stud. Usually after one or two the rest come out pretty easy.

 

done! (with the c/v shaft anyway....)

as i pulled into my driveway on friday at lunch....my lower ball joint broke on my D/S....then broke my axle!

anyway, ball joint is in tomorrow....it's gonna be 102 today here....and the truck is like 3 feet in the driveway....right in the sun!

 

Wow...

Well, if it had to break, I guess that's the best time, speed and place to have it happen.

Guess you'll have to swap in a straight axle.

 

I just use a hammer to simply tap around the hub. The vibration jars all of them loose.. has worked for me EVERY time.

 

exactly...could have happened the night before going 70 down the interstate....or a week before when I was out in Colorado (not wheeling, but dh'ing) - so yah...i'm fortunate...

i'd LOVE to do the SAS....but....i have not the tools or the know-how....so back to IFS i go!

aaron

 

What in the world have you been doing to break the ball joint ?

Playing "pre-runner" ??




Fred

 

X2 this is how I have done it much faster than banging on the hub
you also can take very small flathead screwdriver and tap it into the cone washers groove but that takes a lot longer.

 

yea i never have had too much of a problem with my expireneces...but yea just tap on the top of the hub to jar them loose...or a small screwdriver will pop them out when you tap on it...they like to fly out that way tho...haha...