Karl101

Are the hubs pressed in or what? I'm trying to get the old original ones out with no success.

bigj2717

iTrader: (15)

No the front hubs are just bolted in remove the caliper and rotor and the four bolts on the back of the hub. If it doesn't come off you can give it a couple of hits with a hammer probably just rust holding them in

Karl101

oh, i'm going completely apeshit hitting it with the hammer. and i'm heating it up with a blow torch and spraying WD-40. maybe I need a bigger hammer... so i just need to keep trying?

eseibel67

iTrader: (10)

Don't heat the hub - you'll make it bigger. Heat the area AROUND the hub, and do it quickly before the heat conducts into the hub.

Then beat on it with your BFH.

wssix99

iTrader: (5)

put an old rotor on (that you can hit with a hammer) and hit the outsite edge of it. The leverage should get it off.

Karl101

thanks for the help guys. i was getting slightly irritated with them.

wssix99

iTrader: (5)

did it work?

Karl101

Still in process. I have to wait until my next day off from work. I will let you all know. Thanks for telling me to heat around the hubs. I was heating the area where the hubs and steering knuckle meet i should be heating the knuckle too right? and i don't have an extra rotor to use for leverage. I'm hitting the same spot with the hammer that i'm heating. is that a good spot?

shaun

well when i had to do mine i tryed everything that i could think off and nothing worked.
i tryed heat no luck i beat the **** out of it and no luck.

what worked was an axle puller i went to advance and borrowed one.

i used 3 of my oem lugs on the claw part and after a few good pulls it came right out it was just rusted to the hub.

Karl101

thanks for the good idea. i will do that when/if the BFH and heating fails.

Karl101

i got it done. the axle puller worked like a charm.