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- 05 xlt rsc
Help! Stuck hub.
My '05 X had me a bit worried after reading this thread but as I was screwing on the hub puller, waiting for some resistance I realized the hub was coming off....didn't even need a wrench, sweet.
Things going smoothly so far.
The passenger side was another matter. Liquid wrench for 3 days and the puller wouldn't budge it, tried heating it and a LONG breaker bar. Tapped it, hammered it, vibrated it...nothing. So I rented a 5# slide hammer to attach to the hub puller and that didn't work either. Any ideas?
I hate to replace the 1/2 shaft and knuckle just because I can't get mine apart. Thanks.
A hint. To remove the upper control arm bolt I ran a length of pipe from the loer control arm to the inside of the strut tower so it couldn't move. Then with a wedge in the split of the upper control arm I used a small hydraulic jack...popped right out.
My '05 X had me a bit worried after reading this thread but as I was screwing on the hub puller, waiting for some resistance I realized the hub was coming off....didn't even need a wrench, sweet.
Things going smoothly so far.
The passenger side was another matter. Liquid wrench for 3 days and the puller wouldn't budge it, tried heating it and a LONG breaker bar. Tapped it, hammered it, vibrated it...nothing. So I rented a 5# slide hammer to attach to the hub puller and that didn't work either. Any ideas?
I hate to replace the 1/2 shaft and knuckle just because I can't get mine apart. Thanks.
A hint. To remove the upper control arm bolt I ran a length of pipe from the loer control arm to the inside of the strut tower so it couldn't move. Then with a wedge in the split of the upper control arm I used a small hydraulic jack...popped right out.