Polishing up a new D30 HP for 35's. I will be sleeving it with 3" OD x .250" wall DOM then trussing. I have cut off all the brackets and am now trying to get the inner "C's" off. I have cut off all the weld fillet. I have cut down into the axle tube about 1/3 of the tube thickness to get at the weld penetration. I have back cut the C's about 1/8 of an inch to make sure all the weld is off of the C's.
Wailing on it with sledge hammer has no effect. Tried to drive it off (hitting along axis of the tube), tried to twist the C's by hitting them on the side to twist them off the axle. No joy.
I am not comfortable cutting any deeper into the tube. Lots of meat on back side of the C's beneath where the weld filet use to be so I can cut deeper into the C if need be. There is no weld on the outboard side of the C between the C and tube.
Do I need to heat it up with an oxy-acetlene rose bud (its pressed on at the factory then welded), should I keep back cutting the C or is there something I am missing here?
Picture to follow.
John
Wailing on it with sledge hammer has no effect. Tried to drive it off (hitting along axis of the tube), tried to twist the C's by hitting them on the side to twist them off the axle. No joy.
I am not comfortable cutting any deeper into the tube. Lots of meat on back side of the C's beneath where the weld filet use to be so I can cut deeper into the C if need be. There is no weld on the outboard side of the C between the C and tube.
Do I need to heat it up with an oxy-acetlene rose bud (its pressed on at the factory then welded), should I keep back cutting the C or is there something I am missing here?
Picture to follow.
John
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