The hub should come out of the knuckle fairly easily. If not a socket and a few gentle taps from a hammer from behind should free it
This is not the case. The hub is not coming out of the knuckle.
With the knuckle on the car, I put a socket on the rear of the hub and hammered it.
Nothing..
I got out the 2lb hammer and gave it a beating.
Nothing.... Wtf?
Even if I go get a press, how would I remove the hub from the knuckle?? The hub/rotor completely covers the knuckle.
I also attempted using a 5lb slide hammer with several washers, nothing...
I made a rig to remove the hub.
2x8 on its thin side, with the longest part of the knuckle resting on it
Two bricks topped with a piece of wood opposite, insert rod/3/8th ratchet handle where ball joint pin goes.
Hub should be facing down, rotor clearing the wood and bricks...
Put a socket on the hub..... AND SMASH THAT SUCKER WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER!!!!!!
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I took the knuckle to a muffler shop to have the races welded out of the knuckles. $10 each
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jki2-P1cwo8here's how I removed the old races from the hubs, Get the autozone bearing separator and two bolts that fit the threaded holes that hold the rotor on, about three inches long.
Thread the bolts into the hub with the bolt heads facing the race. put the bearing separator on over the bolts.
Then unthread the bolts and the separator will pull the old race off.
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