a little help, a little help here:confused: :rasta:

I've exhausted all the tricks in my black book ( only one page) I know some ones got a trick to thes bastards.

http://home.earthlink.net/~mattsara/bb/conewashers.jpg

It's easier when there bolted up to the truck other than that use a BFH

PB Blaster and a BFH. You really have to knock the snot out of them...

Use a lot of penetrating oil, start rapping on those splits with a chisel (I don't like hitting on screwdrivers with a hammer) in the direction as they would spin off like the nuts, work the arm over a little with the BFH - if needed. We did one last year out of the vehicle. Took a little bit, but we won!

Use the BMFH on the arm? or go to town on the washers with a punch?

Originally posted by Outlaw99TJ
Use a lot of penetrating oil, start rapping on those splits with a chisel (I don't like hitting on screwdrivers with a hammer) in the direction as they would spin off like the nuts, work the arm over a little with the BFH - if needed. We did one last year out of the vehicle. Took a little bit, but we won!

So basically the cone washers will be fubared right?

I'll be right back :nuke:

I cut and heated mine off, took an hour and made a mess.
I have heard of many people using an air hammer and hitting directly on the studs and it will eventually vibrate the cones out. That seems to be the consensus on getting it the arm off, I heard of it after my dilemma so I didn't get to try it out.

Originally posted by diiulio
I cut and heated mine off, took an hour and made a mess.
I have heard of many people using an air hammer and hitting directly on the studs and it will eventually vibrate the cones out. That seems to be the consensus on getting it the arm off, I heard of it after my dilemma so I didn't get to try it out.

I actually tried beating the studs with a brass drift, but no go.

All done :nuke:

I just used a sledge, beat from underneath the arm until I saw that the arm moved a bit, then pouned it back down, and vualla, the washers were free! Took about 30 seconds.

Thanks guys! I just didn't want to beat the hell out of it if there were an easier way.

I was able to get mine off by beating on the side of the arm to break them loose. It was a work out with a 5# sledge.

Big rivet gun and a brass flat die on the arm itself........... vibrates the cone washers out in no time at all! :smokin:

Got ours off by flipping the axle over and beating the snot out of it with 5lb hammer! Easier swinging down than up!


If it's still mounted on the vehicle it could be interesting though!!!

Originally posted by MillerMan
If it's still mounted on the vehicle it could be interesting though!!!


On the contrary. Then you get to use the whole weight of the vehicle to persuade it off :D Mine was cut off w/ a torch just blast out the washers. They are the softest and heated easily. I didnt think the studs were worth as much energy as they would be to keep intact so I cut as much as necessary but left enough to still get them out.:nuke:

I hade the same problem with the cone washers on the rear hub, and the easiest way to get them of was to put some new nuts on and then take a real big sledge and hit the nuts real hard only three or four times. I made the mistake hitting them many times and with a hammer and destroyed some threads.

This is an old trick that is used to get old bearing races out of axles housings and it will probably work on the washers. Lay a small bead of weld on the race or cone washers in your case, go in and have a beer, then come out and they should be free. The only problem with this is that the washers won't be able to be used again. But oh well, you are out maybe a few bucks.

Hitting the ends of the stud, and the arm with an air hammer worked for me, popped them right out.(I left the nuts on there to protect the threads...didnt take much anyway)

This was after hours of BFHing, bitching and moaning, PBblasting, heating, etc...

Found an old thread on here that mentioned it....if I'd only found
it before.


HTH

MJ

I hosed mine with AeroKroil a month or so before I was ready to start on 'em. Shot them with it again about a week before, then a day before. Pulled the nuts, and whammed the arm a few times near the studs (swinging down) with a 5#. They popped right out; no fuss, no trouble.