I'm having a rough time with my buddies 95 F-350 . Started out just doing new lock outs & found he needed ball joints & u-joints too. I've PB Blasted it, heated it, slide hammered it, 5lb. sledged it ( with wood on top over it of course), & drilled 2 jack bolt holes in it with no success. Anybody have any ideas. When I did my truck they came off with 2 or 3 dead blow hits.

 

go to autozone and rent the spindle puller attachment they have for a slide hammer. thread it on tight and hit it hard with the biggest sledge hammer you got . it works great

 

Knock out the studs, 5 IIRC, then try the dead blow hammer again......works every time for me. The studs can be hammered back in.

 

I did all of that already. It just laughed at the Autozone puller with the slide hammer & deadblow. This thing is really stuck on. I'm going to try whacking the puller with sledge idea. Thanks all.

 

Mine was tough. It took a LOOOONG time to get off but finally came. Lots of penetrating lube, cursing, and beer got it done though.

 

My truck had 310,000 miles on it when I did mine,(they had never been off)
and I used the spindle attachment and a 5lb. slidehammer and I had to slidehammer each side over 100 times before they even really moved at all.

Keep trying, it will come off eventually. I know firsthand that they can be very infuriating

 

Score !!!! improper special tool usage save the day. That & a ten pound sledge. Now, to try to return that rental tool Thanks guys.

 

they will take it back, just clean it up nice. good luck with the rest of the job. my "improper tool usage" trick saves the day, again