You guys nailed it; axle splines are past the hub face. first surprise: got the 2 inch socket breaker bar and ext pipes to break the nut loose it came off with small force on the bar alone. nowhere near 450 lbs. second surprise: jacked it up thinking if it was in that far i could rock it loose instead of doing figure 8's / hub puller / heat. i lucked out and it worked which tells me it really was not tight anyhow.
as long as i'll need the hub what else should i change while its apart? axle is hard so it should be ok? not getting any leakage so seals should be good. will i need to reshim the axle bearings? don't want to be going back into this in a year or two. thanks.
as long as i'll need the hub what else should i change while its apart? axle is hard so it should be ok? not getting any leakage so seals should be good. will i need to reshim the axle bearings? don't want to be going back into this in a year or two. thanks.
