4x4 spindles
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From: central ohio
we had to rebuild the dana 50 on dads "new" '94 F250, we had to wrap the threads on the spindle with leather, slide a 5 ft steel pipe over the spindle, and give it a good "whap" with a long-handle sledge. i had problems with my ranger spindles also when i canged my u-joints back in sept. i just kept beating the hell out of the spindle back and forth with a shot hammer (the big orange one from MAC) and it finnally loosened up. removing the spindle has to be the worst part of the whole job! Dave.
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You have to take the bolts off? Thats the problem!! j/k Yeah I got them off and got some PB Blaster on it. If we can't break it loose after soaking we will try the pipe idea. It just makes me a little nervous about bending that piece. I am sure it isn't cheap if I have to replace it. Thanks a lot.
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From: Senoia, GA
i have always had to beat mine off. they try to make them fit very tight. try a good 5lb hammer and a block of wood! if you bend your spindle with a piece of pipe by hand you have bigger problems!
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From: Neenah, Wisconsin
if i recall, by turning the knuckle you can get behind the spindle with a 1/2 inch extension and a 3 pound sledge through a little access hole...then again i could be wrong...if so...big hammer, big block of wood, alternate under and on top of the spindle beatin the heck out of it.
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From: Bryan/College Station
There is a socket available at parts stores that threads onto the spindle and works with a slide hammer. Less chance of damage that way. Mine works great. Spindles come off fairly easy.
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Originally Posted by brokebronco
There is a socket available at parts stores that threads onto the spindle and works with a slide hammer. Less chance of damage that way. Mine works great. Spindles come off fairly easy.
Chris
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From: iowa
I bought a tool that threads onto the spindle (it looks kinda like the socket for taking the nuts off), and has a bolt threaded into the end, you just screw the bolt in, and it pushes againts the axle and pulls the spindle seems to work very well.
here is a link to the one I bought you could make one easily enough or buy it from these guys it's the only place I have seen one that wasn't a slide hammer style
http://www.completeoffroad.com/produ...3044_more.html
here is a link to the one I bought you could make one easily enough or buy it from these guys it's the only place I have seen one that wasn't a slide hammer style
http://www.completeoffroad.com/produ...3044_more.html
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From: Eureka, Ca.
I used a 3 jaw puller. I put the two nuts back on the spindal and used the puller too push against the axle stub shaft while the jaws were pulling on the nuts. It came off real easy that way. It also takes some persuasion to get it back on.