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Geo Metro wheel hub removal
I am replacing the brake rotors in the 1990 Geo Metro. The rotors are
behind the wheel hub, which can only be removed by taking the axle nut off, and using a slide hammer to pull the hub off the axle. I am not all that familiar with the use of a slide hammer. I bought a slide hammer from harborfreight, but the jaws don't seem to be large enough to fit around the wheel hub. I looked around, and most slide hammers are of the same diamater. Is there a special trick to pull the hub off, or am I missing something obvious? Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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Andrew
There is a attachment that screws on the end of the slidehammer that has three fingers w/sloted holes that span across the hub and you can screw the lug nuts to. You may have to look around for one that has a rise tall enough to clear the hub. (this setup was used for pulling the axles out of the rearend of rear drive cars.) I couldn't find one, so what I did was go to a hardware store and got some chain that would fit over the lug studs and put a nut and washer on the end of the slidehammer through the links. Shade Tree engineering but it works Rick |
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"Andrew Sarangan" > wrote in message 2... > I am replacing the brake rotors in the 1990 Geo Metro. The rotors are > behind the wheel hub, which can only be removed by taking the axle nut off, > and using a slide hammer to pull the hub off the axle. I am not all that > familiar with the use of a slide hammer. I bought a slide hammer from > harborfreight, but the jaws don't seem to be large enough to fit around the > wheel hub. I looked around, and most slide hammers are of the same > diamater. Is there a special trick to pull the hub off, or am I missing > something obvious? > Be very careful with those Harbor Freight slide hammers. They use cheap steel and you can fracture them. A much better tool is a slide hammer from NAPA. IT looks almost identical to the Harbor Freight one but you will not break it. Ted > > > > > Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ** SPEED ** RETENTION ** COMPLETION ** ANONYMITY ** > ---------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.usenet.com |
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Thanks for that idea. I used a few chain links to attach slide hammer
to the lug nuts. It worked fine. |
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