Re: Tapered Axles

[Dave Cornelius <lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for all of the replies, guys.

Dave

--- On Wed, 7/15/09, MO ( Steve Mick) <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: MO ( Steve Mick) <micher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Tapered Axles
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 12:09 AM
> 
> A slide hammer works very well. Find a nut the same size
> and thread as your axel casteel nut- weld that nut to
> another nut that fits the end of the slide hammer.  Now
> you have an adapter to keep in your toolbox for the next
> time. A few licks with the slide hammer and that axel will
> come right out. You don't have to take the key out from the
> back. just an upward tap on the top front edge of the key
> with a small chisle will lift it right
> up..............................MO........sw  iowa
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Edison" <waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 11:23 PM
> Subject: RE: Tapered Axles
> 
> 
> 
> You are dead in the water without an axle puller. You are
> correct about
> using the wrench to coax the axle out after you've popped
> it off the taper.
> There's a great how to article on the 62-65 web page that
> takes you step by
> step through the process.
> /Butch/ Ferndale, WA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Cornelius [mailto:lt7dave@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:01 PM
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Tapered Axles
> 
> 
> 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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