[bronco23]

ok i got my sa and now i need to know ho to get the hubs and rotors off.i pulled the cap off and took the first snap ring off and i cant get that little round thing off.ive torched the hell outa but nothing. am i doing something wrong?.everthing is rusted and most of it had to be torched to get off.please i need some help.o and i did search but didnt get anything on the SA.thanx

 

[Davids78Bronco]

good lord, you're brutal on small parts. There's a small snap ring over the end of the axle shaft, that needs to come off, before the hub gear comes out. After that, it's all a simple job. If the hubs are rusted in there, you'll want to spray off and on all day today, and try to get the spindle nuts off each side, tomorrow - that is, if you don't get lucky with it today :shrug

Good luck! and put away the torch :twak

 

[Dustball]

There's two clips, the c-clip around the axle shaft and the thin clip around the inside of the hub body.

 

[drexelsteve]

http://www.fullsizebronco.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1816
hope that helps, it pretty much covers everything

 

[bronco23]

cool one side took me 2 and a half hours to figure out and the other tooke me 10 minutes.then i took the spindle nuts off but the damn thing wont come off the calliper bracket.i heated it up and tommorow im gonna beat the shit outa it till it comes off unless someone has a better idea:smash

 

[Davids78Bronco]

Yeha, I've got a better idea - stop what you're doing... and take a minute to see what's preventing you form progressing, and to see how it's all put together











Or, get a bigger hammer

 

[78bronco460]

I'm gonna assume you've got the thing reduced to a bare spindle, caliper bracket, and dust shield stuck to the knuckle. Rap on the caliper bracket, front and back alternately and work it off the studs. Don't beat on the spindle. They'll both come off together if they're pretty rusted. Then you can soak em in penetrant and work them apart without wrecking them. Being patient will save you some money and hide. Good luck.

 

[badblack88]

Yeah when I got to this point with my junkyard axle I nearly went postal trying to get that fargging spindle off the knuckle. I grabbed the spindle with a shop rag and pulled while a friend rapped on the knuckle with a ball peen. stay calm and it will come off.:thumbup

 

[Gub_Ni]

Have fun!

Just go out and spend $800 on a plasma cutter, close your eyes and wave it around for a few minutes. If you wave in the right directions you'll find a spindle on the ground.:goodfinge

 

[drexelsteve]

Just go out and spend $800 on a plasma cutter, close your eyes and wave it around for a few minutes. If you wave in the right directions you'll find a spindle on the ground.:goodfinge

well thats one way to do it :lolup personally i use a 10lb slide hammer with the spindle removal tool screwed on, takes bout 3 or 4 good whacks.

 

[bronco23]

ya i got it off with a BFH and a feww good blows.the spindle is still on the bracket and prolly just gonna buy new spindle and bracket .i was taking apart the ball joints but i guess theres some kind or lock nut on the upper joint.do i need another tool fer this?

 

[Lonestar_Bronco]

Just go out and spend $800 on a plasma cutter, close your eyes and wave it around for a few minutes. If you wave in the right directions you'll find a spindle on the ground.:goodfinge

Wow, isn't that what Obi-Wan was teaching Luke how to do in that spacemovie?

 

[josh jarrell]

Yes you need a special socket for the upper balljoint.....to get the split ring thing out...thats inside the castle nut. I got mine at broncograveyard.com but u can prob. get one locally.

 

[The_Hammer]

well thats one way to do it :lolup personally i use a 10lb slide hammer with the spindle removal tool screwed on, takes bout 3 or 4 good whacks.

I hadn't thought of that, what a good idea. I think slide hammers are such an underestimated tool.

 

[Ranger429]

Yes you need a special socket for the upper balljoint.....to get the split ring thing out...thats inside the castle nut. I got mine at broncograveyard.com but u can prob. get one locally.

Dude really? A 10 year old thread and your telling him he needs a special socket?

 

[InfoFord]

what better way to build up a post count fast so you can sell stuff

only took him a better part of a year to get to 12 posts LOL

 

[Mack687]

I used a 3 jaw puller.
Put the nut back on the spindle put the puller on the nut push against the axle shaft. If needed maybe wack the puller with a hammer once it's tight to shock it.
JBG sells a puller to remove it which does the same thing I described but for $70.00
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