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THE most frustrating thing about my car. Am replacing rear axel seals and god know when the last time i had the axels out last. Cone washers are giving me the sh!ts.

Such a simple thing, just tap the hub and they'll come out.

I know you all must have a favourite way of getting them out, anyone wanna share??

Are we talking about bearing cones or something else?

if you are talking about bearing cones in the rear hub,then they will knock out from the inside,you will need a metal drift (punch) and hammer.You should see a small indentation around the inside circumference of the hub,where it meets the cone,hit it there alternating from side to side and it will come out.If the bearing con is in the axle tube,the easiest way to remove it is with a slide hammer.Hope this is of some assistance.

I used to hit the side of the axle , against the cone , with a hammer ans drift ,making sure the nut was still on by a few threads to catch the cone.
I have since learned that this deforms the face of the axle and allows the axle to "work" which reasults in snapped axle studs.
Another way is to double nut the studs and wind them out with the cones.
This is slow but avoids damaging the faces.
J Top

The cone washers on the bolts on the outside of the hub holding the axel onto the hub (first set of 6 bolts you undo in order to pull axel out). Haven't got as far as bearings yet They are being pricks

Cheers for responding anyway

Ben

i place a socket that is slightly larger that the cone over them so the socket toucked the face the tap the socket , they normallly come loose from that

when i did mine we were amazed how easy it was, fact that the car had never done beach work may have helped here.

what we did was use a socket as spazbot suggested. this worked really well

all you really need to do is break the bond between the cone and the axle end, unfortunately paint and rust tends to make this bond really frikn strong.

make sure you got a can of 55-6/wd40 on hand as this will really help aswell.

i hit my cones every day for a week with 55-6 before we attempted to do the hubs.

Cheers guys, will try the socket idea. Have had no troubles before removing front hubs, but these just being a b!tch. Have been spraying them with RP7 since 6:30 this morning, tried the hammer on hub, hammer and screwdriver, nylon hammer on bolt approaches. The socket might be my last resort if wanna get them done today.

Thanks for your suggestions.

Ben

i use a brass hammer or drift on the end of studs this always works except when the last owner ahd painted the ends. to i had to unscrew the hubs and replace them and the cones. as for the bearing cones use brass drift as this wont damage inside of your hubs

get some neversieze and coat them when you put it all back together so next time they come out easily.

yeah i just use a brass drift on the ends of the studs give it a good whack and it worx everytime

gotta chunk of aluminium left over from my body lift so i just use that and a mash hammer.

hypolux wrote:yeah i just use a brass drift on the ends of the studs give it a good whack and it worx everytime

Exachery!

Thanks guys, probably should have said I got them out sunday after over 24 hours of WD40. So much tougher than any i've done before, appreciate your input.

Ben