sw20>>s14
09-01-2005, 06:01 PM
im in the process of going five lug on my s14 base...i made a thread a while back on rust and parts seizing long before i got the parts...i wanted to be prepared for such an event...and i knew it would happen to me because low and behold; it did...i have everything necessary and i swapped the three corners fine...then i move on to the driver rear...everythings off...the hub wont come off the axle...simple as that...the last time i bap'd i was stuck in the same situation until i got a hub puller, it came right off...this times different...ive dont everything i could...
-calipers obviously off
-hub bolts X4 are obviously off
-hub nut is obviously off
-backing of bearing is no longer sealed to the spindle/knuckle
-i PB blaster'd the crap outta the axle and the back of the bearing
-tried to hit the axle thru the assembly with a mallet just enough before crowning the axle
-i got a hub puller; no
-i got a 2/3 ton large puller; nope
-i leveled the hub assembly with the axle by jacking it up and tried all of the above...nope
the only thing this hub is holding onto is the splines....why? o why gawd?!! and i know it sounds simple...because it is! but for some reason, whenever i do stuff, its the simple things that are messed up...in fact both the hub puller and large puller started to shave the axle...so two broken craftsman rachets and a sea of metal shavings later; i had to slap everything together and now i am running the "19 lug convo." why wont it slide off? any ideas? i have the tools and the know-how, its just being very difficult... :rl:
-calipers obviously off
-hub bolts X4 are obviously off
-hub nut is obviously off
-backing of bearing is no longer sealed to the spindle/knuckle
-i PB blaster'd the crap outta the axle and the back of the bearing
-tried to hit the axle thru the assembly with a mallet just enough before crowning the axle
-i got a hub puller; no
-i got a 2/3 ton large puller; nope
-i leveled the hub assembly with the axle by jacking it up and tried all of the above...nope
the only thing this hub is holding onto is the splines....why? o why gawd?!! and i know it sounds simple...because it is! but for some reason, whenever i do stuff, its the simple things that are messed up...in fact both the hub puller and large puller started to shave the axle...so two broken craftsman rachets and a sea of metal shavings later; i had to slap everything together and now i am running the "19 lug convo." why wont it slide off? any ideas? i have the tools and the know-how, its just being very difficult... :rl: