Nope no air hammer. I've tried hitting with a BFH and socket+extension. The axle seal started coming apart before the hub would.

I'm about to the point where I'm gonna paint it as much as possible. Install bj on other side and just install the thing and then use the steering to pop it off

 

Hey Ham Bone, I know that the guy that built my axles up had a very hard time with the same thing, he finally had to use a torch and get some heat on it to break it lose.

 

I don't have a torch tho, ;(

 

ordered 250 dollars worth of moog premium and problem solver ball joints and u joints for the truck today from Rockauto

Moog K7394-Uppers
Moog K7397-Lowers

U joints
Front drive shaft- Moog 354
Rear drive shaft- Moog 330
Axle shafts- Moog 374

Haynes manual, probably should've got this long ago

total 254

Pretty good, pretty good

 

You may want to try a hub bearing puller. Rent from your local auto parts store

Combine with hitting the 3 mounting bolts with a socket from the back and it should ease its way out

 

Remember I'm working on a 60. They don't have one big enough.

I have a couple tricks to try this weekend involving long pipe and a BMFH

 

Alright fellas it UPDATE time

I got the rear axle and rear drive shaft painted today and also got my U joints from Rock Auto in the mail

What i used as a degreaser. All I did was wire wheel, then soak it with this stuff, let sit for a couple minutes and then rinse it off the water hose. Just be careful not get in down the breather hole, i screwed the thing back in to stop stuff from going down in it.



Next here are my U joints, As you can see they are all Moog, all MADE IN USA, and all have grease zerks. They totaled around 130. Its every u joint on the drivetrain.





see the grease zerk in the bag?



first coat



second coat, I had enough left over to paint the driveshaft



how to be able to paint both sides



here is a before picture




all in all a succesfull half day. POR-15 really goes far. Think about how much you need, and then pour half the amount, and then pour half of that amount.

 

Bud this is great work keep it up!!!!!

Why is no one posting in here? Come on fellow Df'ers support this young man and his project, you guy's ask for build threads and no one has anything good to say.

 

im just waiting for the d60 front install to start. mine is going in in the spring, so i want as much detail as possible.

 

Looking DAMN good Hambone!