Cool tip, pulling 9" axles

[Tman]

Tore my 9" apart today. It is out of a 60 Pickup. The axles were stuck in worse than any my buddy Randy had seen. He showed me how use a "chain whip" to extract the axles. We hooked a 6 foot chunk of chain onto one axle and stood back about the length of the chain. He had me "whip" the chain while he held the rearend. Axle popped loose with no effort! Maybee this is old hat to some, but I considered it something new to me that I learned today, very cool.

[old beet]

Yes, that is the correct way......OLDBEET

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Been doin' that for 40 years. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

A better way is to use a slide-hammer that fastens to the lug studs.

[Eyeball]

Well your not alone Tman it is new to me too. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[hillbillyhellcat]

I got a scar on my face from the last time I tried pulling an axle. I hear scars add character though so I guess I'm in good shape! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[36-3window]

a buddy did that to pull the axle in his `60 corvette. when the axle popped out,it took part of the fender

[Fraz]

All the sudden Devo just popped into my head.

"whip it........into shape........."

[Tman]

Yes Fraz, I said the same thing at the time.

My dad also gave me the same "no shit, thats how ya do it!"

[Fat Cat]

I have always used a slide hammer. It works great.

[FORD FAN]

I bought a used slide hammer axle puller at summer Carlisle for $35.The only thing worthwhile there as it's become an emporium of 60's and 70's GM stuff. It sure has come in handy lately because I'm installing a 9 in. in my AV8. Seen them sell new for $ 175 but I'd use a chain before I paid that much.

Don

[Flat Ernie]

I usually just turn the drum around, thread on a couple lug nuts a few threads, & use the drum as a slide hammer - never fails.

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[atch]

i just know several of you guys have made slide hammers for this out of scraps you had laying around. i'd like to make one, and would appreciate any pix you could put up. i'm thinking take a junk drum; weld a pipe in the middle; slide a larger pipe over the first; weld a flange or something over the end of the first pipe. would that work?

the 8" axles in clarence just came right out when i replaced the seals a few years ago. i was really worried that i'd have to borrow/buy a slide hammer to pull them with, but it wasn't necessary. are 8"ers easier or did i just luck out?

[Deuce Roadster]

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I had a homemade once.......

It was a Ford passenger car axle with the studs pressed out and drilled a little larger. Had a heavy slide made out of pipe and a big nut welded to the end of the axle.

Worked Great....!!

The down side was it only fit Ford 5 on 4.5 pattern.... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif


I lent it to a guy and he had a Heart Attack and died before I got it back. So I went and bought a nice one at a yard sale.....$10.


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[fab32]

I made mine from a '55 Chev axle and the differential case out of a rear end. Pounded the studs out of the axle and drilled the holes oversize. Slid the diff. case over the axle. Welded a side gear on the axle after slipping it on the spline. It initially had a ring gear bolted to the diff. case but the SOB was so heavy I took it off. A couple whacks with the diff. case against the side gear and the most stubborn axle known comes flying out. With the chevy bolt pattern I only used it on 4 3/4 bolt patterns for quite a while. Finally realized you only need to slip it over one stud on any bolt pattern and slide away. Can you spell UNIVERSAL. Cost: 1/2 of a stick welding rod and about 5 cents worth of electriity.

Frank

[Rocky]

I had a 66 Lincoln coupe with a fine running 462. Got into the happy juice one day and tried to surpass the world record for smokey burnouts. I injured a side gear and hadda remove the axles to get the 3rd member out. I used the chain-whip too. I musta whipped that damn thing 150 times per axle! I replaced 2 studs on each axle too. It worked but cost me a few $$ for new studs.

[metalshapes]

I've got the mother of all Slidehammers, more like a reverse action Sledge. It was in a pile of used tools I bought for the Visegrips, they turned out to be junk, but that Slidehammer is one of my prized posessions now.

[Tman]

Rocky, we used logging chain hooked through the access hole. No effort needed.

[TomH]

Tman I agree with Rocky ( of course I would, were both old ) I have used the chain but the slidehammer is the way to go.