SeansXJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Antelope, Ca or on the Rubicon
trying to change the front ujoint...what size the the nut on the spindle? biggest i have is 1 1/4
am i missing somehting?
Sean
A BFH
Hit it harder. Loosening the center hub bolt is not going to free it up any more. Hit on and around the side of the WMS of the flange and try and work it out that way.
Just a thought but you will still need to get that nut off to change the U-joint. It would be a real pain to press the joint in with the hub and backing plate hanging off the outer axle.
That method is fine if you're replacing a hub. I surely wouldn't do that if I wanted to reuse the hub, though. You're pushing on the inner race when it's the outer race that's held in place. This is the same reason that using a slide hammer on the wheel studs is a bad idea.
That method is fine if you're replacing a hub. I surely wouldn't do that if I wanted to reuse the hub, though. You're pushing on the inner race when it's the outer race that's held in place. This is the same reason that using a slide hammer on the wheel studs is a bad idea.
Using a BFH on the heads of the hub bolts isn't a problem, you're not pushing stress through the rotating elements. I did this for a friend's XJ something like 7+ years ago, and to the best of my knowledge, those hubs are still running.Even the traditional BFH like recommended in this very thread is a bad idea, wheel bearings that have been pounded like that tend to mysteriously fail very soon after..