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Tucker 442 hub frozen/stuck on axel

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What is the trick to getting this off? One side slide right off and was greased well. It has a crack which is why it prob came off.

Heated it a bunch and hit it hard. Nothing. At the end of the day it does not need to come off but I would like to get it off.
 

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they make a 3 way axle puller normaly used on the older jeep axles you just tighten down smack the jack srew head with a bfh and it will pop right off the the tapered axle
 
dds said:
they make a 3 way axle puller normaly used on the older jeep axles you just tighten down smack the jack srew head with a bfh and it will pop right off the the tapered axle
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That's what I had to use, but had to heat it up, let it cool, heat it up again and gave it "a tap" with a BFH. Don used the term "pop right off", but I'll say that my experience was more like a loud "BANG" followed by a faster-than-the-speed-of-light launch across my shop before nailing a healthy dent in my steel wall!:doh:

Just be careful if your puller is torqued pretty tight!:whistling:


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Blackfin4Bluefin said:
It does not need to come off so I guess I will leave it for the future.
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It looks like you had it hot and you're already there, so why not take it off and inspect what you have? On both my 443's, Tucker had installed a rubber seal in the end of the axle tubes to separate the diff oil from the axle bearing (greased), so that may be trashed. Mine was. Just say'n.....
 
I have several tapered tie rod/ball joint forks that work well for that. Wood splitting wedges are another alternative. Ice cubes on the axle help while heating the hub.
 
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