2002 2500 4x4 knuckles
#21
So I got them off. I used a three way combo. Using the trucks steering, a torch and a hub remover from Amazon ($140). I heated the knuckle up a bit then had my son turn and hold the wheel as I whacked the hub remover with a 3 pound mallet. Took me about 1/2 hour each side. I had tried each way individually prior to doing all three. Doing it together is what it took. FYI, all the lube in the world never made it inside. Dry as a bone at the flange.
Now on to the axle shaft u-joints, ball joints and reinstalling it all.
Thanks all.
Now on to the axle shaft u-joints, ball joints and reinstalling it all.
Thanks all.
#22
So I got them off. I used a three way combo. Using the trucks steering, a torch and a hub remover from Amazon ($140). I heated the knuckle up a bit then had my son turn and hold the wheel as I whacked the hub remover with a 3 pound mallet. Took me about 1/2 hour each side. I had tried each way individually prior to doing all three. Doing it together is what it took. FYI, all the lube in the world never made it inside. Dry as a bone at the flange.
Now on to the axle shaft u-joints, ball joints and reinstalling it all.
Thanks all.
Now on to the axle shaft u-joints, ball joints and reinstalling it all.
Thanks all.
You can hook onto the wheel studs and push on the stub axle and it just pushes on the center pin in the carrier.....I was a little worried about damaging the center pin but it appeared completely indifferent (changed gear oil so had cover off). However the u-joint causes the knuckle the want to "flop" front or back, so it's difficult to maintain a straight line pull.
Either way sounds like yours was much worse than mine (I'm nowhere near the rust belt), so good job!