Removing rear Cone Washers L/Cruiser

Further to my previous post [45262] about removing cone washers.

I have tried all the suggestions without success. The problem seems to have been caused by a recent visit to the mechanic for repacking the wheel bearings.

A close inspection revealed that excess force had been applied to the axle flange studs that resulted in them being compressed and increased slightly in diameter causing the cones to jam on them. The mechanic was probably forced to do this because I noticed that previous excess hammering force had been used on the flange resulting in the holes being out of round.

I tried everything to release them, tapping, more tapping on the studs, hammer and screwdriver on the small part of the cone protruding, heat, pliers. Finally in desperation, and with the studs and cones now completely butchered and refusing to budge, I replaced everything leaving a 1mm gap between the axle flange stud nuts and the cone washers. I then drove around the block a couple of times and whamo! the cones had worked themselves loose far enough for me to get a pair of pliers on them and remove them.

Hope this may be of help to someone else in the future.

Michael