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need help removing a stuck spindle.

Vr4junkie

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Ok so i tried to get this spindle out I soaked it in wd40 left it sitting there for some time used a torch heated it up hit it on the side still nothing. Other side came right off I'm planning on changing the bearings and seals but I can't seem to get it off I know it's already screwed up so ill be getting another one.


 

GSTwithPSI

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I used a 3 jaw puller. You can pick one up pretty cheap at Harbor Freight. I'd try and heat it with a torch again, like you were doing before, then use a puller. Be careful, if you mushroom the spindle shaft too much, it won't clear the cup.

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Vr4junkie

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ok im ganna have to buy one of those tommorrow wish I would of waited before I pounded the crap out of it.
 

EHmotorsports

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Next time leave the nut at least 1/2-3/4 of the way on if you NEED to hit it with anything.
 
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iceman69510

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Looks likely ruined to me unless you can have a machinist fix the threads.
 

Vr4junkie

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ohh its ruined alright im ganna have to replace it wouldn’t feel comfortable using it again im sure some one here has one laying around somewhere .
 
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