Re: Tapered Axles

[Dave Cornelius <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>]

I don't have the axle puller, but I read in a tech article that rapping on a wrench behind the castle nut was a way it could be pulled out of the tube.  So that was my plan.  Am I dead in the water without an axle puller?
Dave

--- On Tue, 7/14/09, Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Jimmy Peavy <peaver63@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Tapered Axles
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, July 14, 2009, 8:50 PM
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> I assume you have the axle puller?
> 
>    Jimmy
> 
> Dave Cornelius wrote:
> > Hey Guys,
> >
> > I finally got my stuck rear hub off tonight thanks to
> the correct hub puller arriving UPS today.  By the way,
> I highly recommend ToolTopia.com for anyone looking to buy a
> universal hub puller.  I ordered it late Friday night
> and it arrived today - free shipping.  It looked like
> about the best deal out there.
> >
> > So I have both hubs off now (it feels like sort of a
> rite of passage of owning this car), and my next move is to
> get the axles out.  It looks like I need to get the
> backing plates off first.  But, the keys are still in
> the keyways, and it looks like the backing plates won't be
> able to come off with them in there.  First question -
> am I correctly understanding that to be the way to get the
> axles out?  Second, anyone have advice for a good way
> to get the keys out of the keyways?  I think they need
> to come out from the inside toward the outside - which makes
> pounding them out tough with such little clearance for a
> tool to get in behind there.  One thought I have is to
> take the nuts off the backing plates and get them away from
> the axle tubes.  Then maybe I can pull the axles out
> and get all of it together - giving me more room to knock
> the keys out on the bench.  Would that work, or is
> there a better way?
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> > Dave
> > '64 Belvedere
> >
> >
> >       
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> 
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