Removing rear Cone Washers L/Cruiser
Submitted: Friday, May 11, 2007 at 20:44
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Michael46
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
Reply By: Steve from Top End Explorer Tours - Friday, May 11, 2007 at 21:04
Friday, May 11, 2007 at 21:04
Hey Michael
You know now that you axles are stuffed and will need replacing,once those holes are out of round they are buggered.
There about $600 to replace, the good news is those studs are only about $2 each.
The trouble is these days there are many people out there with the old Murphy's law attitude, you know the one.
If it don't move force it.
If it brakes it needed replacing any way.
Cheers Steve.
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Reply By: TroopyTracker - Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 19:20
Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 19:20
Got to agree with Steve,
I kept breaking axle studs. Davoe on here mentioned that if the axles holes are out of round, you will keep breaking them. Solution, new axle from Don Kyatt I think-about $300 (short side) and made in Japan. Done for $0 as Toyota had done the original fix and they broke again in a matter of weeks.
I think the problem originates from letting the wheel bearings get sloppy in most cases-my fault. Hmmmm think they are nearly due again.....
Matt
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Reply By: cowpat - Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 23:10
Saturday, May 12, 2007 at 23:10
Michael, before you put the new cones back in clean them up with a rag and grease the outers; I use waterproof grease. I've found this helps the next time around. I also align
the gap to the outside but that's probably just superstition. Also, if they are really tight (like yours were originally) you need a big steel drift about 10 mm in diameter and a big heavy steel mallet, and you have to be prepared to put some muscle into whacking the studs (watch that thumb) and they will come loose. Where you may have failed is in not hitting the studs hard enough (really really hard), perhaps not using a big enough hammer (eg just a builders claw hammer or something equally wussy), or maybe not using a drift and so being afraid of damaging them. And thanks for the tip, might end up trying that one day if I'm stuck without the right tools. Casper
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