Date:         Fri, 28 Feb 2003 11:33:07 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: LVC: Wheel Bearing Press Requirements
Comments: To: TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
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TJ Hannink wrote

>I built a makeshift press out of an old floor jack,
>unistrut and brackets to get a CV joint off an axle
>one time. I don't think I would try it on a lower ball
>joint however.
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>
>
For removal of stuck CV's (the splined inner race) I use the brass drift
and the 3 pound hammer.

You do not need a work bench and/or vise to remove the CV..

With one hand, simply hold the axle suspended vertically just a few
inches off of a pile of rags, leaves or what have you. Hold the axle
with the fingers curled so you can hold the drift parallel against the
axle at the same time. With the bottom tip of the drift  on the inner
race, smack the upper end of the drift with the hammer. The axle will
bobble up and down with the blow but that is of no consequence. Try and
not let the blow drive the axle end into the rags, etc. Move the drift
around the axle a  few degrees, and smack it again. Continue moving and
smacking and it WILL come loose. Not much can stand that kind of
momentum pressure.  This little trick is really handy when on the road
and you must do field replacement of a CV.

You may have to apply "The Bulley Principle" to get it to move but it
WILL move.

PS:  "The Bulley Principle" , kindly posted to this list by GM Bulley,
is to strike the blow up to 200 times. Even the immovable will move
under those circumstances!! :-)

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver