so my driver side front wheel bearing went the other day and as me and my dad tear it apart to fix it we removed everything wheel brakes took bolts off balljoints and even disconected sway bar just so we had tons of room to work. i removed the bolt on the cv shaft and went to remove the 3 bolts that hold the hub on. little to find out we cannot get a socket or a wrench in their to remove them. the metal piece that the cv goes into beside the boot is pretty much in the way a socket wont fit in their and their sunk in from the edge so a wrench wont fit. we then disconected the cv shaft from the transfer case and put it to the side and figured well just pound the cv shaft out then we can get at the bolts..WRONG. we used lube and everythign smashed the heck out of it with a huge sledge and its not moving an advice or tricks to getting it out, its seized badly.. any hints or advice would be VERY VERY appreciated as i am stuck betwen a rock and a hard place rite now.

 

What year u got? How bout a puller tool? Hammers usually do damage and mushroom the ends.

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a 2004 dodge laramie and we tried a heavy duty puler and it bent the arms on the puller tool.. its on their good

 

spray the crap out of it with penetrating oil and let it soak up good.

 

done that too soaked it for week now with 3 different types of rust loosener stil no luck

 

Can u get a picture of what you are describing so we can better help u?

 

ill try to get one soon. the cv shaft is seized in the hub thats my main worry. im going to try to heat it up tommorow

 

I have an OTC made in USA puller that Dirty Dog posted. Never failed me yet! I used it with an impact gun and it popped the CV shaft right off.
If your convinced you can't get it off. Here is a suggestion. Remove both lower and upper ball joints, outer tie rod. Disconnect the inner Cv joint and take the whole assembly to a machine shop. Let them deal with it.
Once you get this figured out make sure to use anti sieze on everything when reassembling.
Good luck

 

And the hub is probably going to be siezed in there just as bad.

 

yeah thats my luck. i took the cv out of transfer case n tried to punch the cv out but no luck.. i disconected all baljoint but i cant get the aluminum knuckle out ,the lower control arm balljoint is in the way, i cant press it out because the cv shaft is in the way. am i going to have to cut the balljoint shaft with the tourches and just replace it so i can get the asembly to the machineshop to press it out? or is their a trick to geting that lower balljoint out of the way.. is it posiable to losen the tension off the torsion bars and take it out n try n remove it or will the knuckle still get in the way..i tried o find pics on the internet of the assembly and havent found anything....