hi peeps

i need to remove the half shafts from my axle but they dont seem to want to come out....

how do you do it??

cheers

barry

[Edited on 5/3/10 by boggle]

Once you have undone the four bolts that hold the shaft in, a slide-hammer should get them out. I tried without and failed...!

Yes, 4 bolts behind the hubs get the bearing retainer plate thing out, then what i did was put a wheel back on, and tap round the edge with a big hammer. I used a sledge hammer. But my half shafts and original tubes were getting binned anyway. I only wanted the casing in the middle. Slide hammer for a proper job.

I bolt an old steel wheel on inside out , and whack it with a lump hammer - works for me

[Edited on 5/3/10 by clairetoo]

We tried lots of diiferent ways, none of 'em worked. We eventually stuck some pieces of scrap together to make the shonkiest slide-hammer ever.
It worked like a charm



Home made slide hammer

Old steel wheel and tyre fitted wrong way round hit the tyre and pull from the opposite side .
After a two or three blows switch sides.

Slide hammer, if you lived a tad nearer you could have used it

slide hammer?

nah

do it like this:

http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?action=gal&user=02GF74&folder=half%20shaft%20removal%20tool

[Edited on 5/3/10 by 02GF74]

I like the idea, but wouldn't want to be in the way of one of them when they decide to let go

Slide hammer worked for me

Had the same problem so I borrowed a proper tool from local garage. Cost me a bottle of wine.

Quote from Haynes Escort Manual Chapter 13/Supplement. Page 240 paragraph 10.

Axleshafts (halfshafts) - Removal

If a slide hammer is not available, the halfshaft and bearing can be pressed out of the axle casing by screwing two suitable bolts into the backplate retaining screw holes from the rear of the backplate.
First turn the bearing retainer so that it blanks off the screw holes, then screw the bolts from the rear at diametrically opposite points, a few turns at a time, until the bearing is pushed out.

Worked for me, took ten minutes each side. Didn't need any kit, just 2 bolts.

David

I maxe something like a slide hammer, bit with no slide, just a plate at the outer end. Just whack the plate with a sledge hammer!

Done it as per DavidM's post loads of times myself ..... BUT on an old axle that hasn't been touched for a couple of decades then a slide hammer is MUCH easier... but not essential (patience is a virtue though in that situation )

[Edited on 5/3/10 by D Beddows]