How do you remove an axle nut with the hub out of the car???
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I was bored in welding class today, so i made this little "tool" out of some scrap metal.
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I was bored in welding class today, so i made this little "tool" out of some scrap metal.
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thanks! i picked the hubs up at a junk yard, and plan to take them apart, clean, and rebuild for a later date. the hardest part was getting the parking brake springs off.........
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Thats a cool tool and a great idea...
Now the hardest part may be installing the E brake springs correctly..
Heres how,
if you look on the backsides of the hub carriers you will see the holes the springs come through,
if you look carefully you will see little built up ribs on one side of the hole this is where the spring "Catches the hub",
NOTE if the spring is not placed on this rib it will eventually pull through and falling into the E brake shoes causing damage
Now the hardest part may be installing the E brake springs correctly..
Heres how,
if you look on the backsides of the hub carriers you will see the holes the springs come through,
if you look carefully you will see little built up ribs on one side of the hole this is where the spring "Catches the hub",
NOTE if the spring is not placed on this rib it will eventually pull through and falling into the E brake shoes causing damage
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the holding springs came of the ledges just fine, it was the "clamping" springs that were the fun part. now i need to figure out how to take the rest apart.
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Nice concept and even better execution! Thanks for a solution to a problem I didn't know I had, but then again on the other hand I do have a pair of axle housings on the shelf awaiting something. I had not even considered how to take them apart, now I know! And to your welding, as a welder I should have taken up astrophysics or something similar.....maybe a welding class is in my future too....good idea I think....
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after spending all day welding my qualification plates, cutting them, then bending them (bend test for strength), i did not want to touch a grinder again..... ill clean it up at some time. i might make a better one in my next machine class. or even find an old axle end flange (holds the ***** and cage) then make a better one....