> What I am looking for is pointers and things to watch as well as tips
> that are not going to be evident to me as a first timer with my wires
> off.
> --
> Andrew Lundgren
> lundgren@byu.net
> http://www.Lundgren.us
Andrew:
Need a year of car to be more precise. The rear hubs are very different
between the Banjo rear end and the tube axle.
On the front: The dust cap has a threaded stud at the center to assist
removal. You can make a removal tool out of a 5/16" thread deep nut ( the
spacer on the thermo hsg of a smog pump car works well) threaded to a bolt
or slide hammer. Unfortunately most of the original studs have been messed
up by idiots with vice grips, so this suggestion may be of no use. Chances
are the dust cover will be damaged in some manner and it's a good idea to
have new ones.
Once the dust cover is off, you have the fun job of pulling the cotter pin
out through the matching hole in the wire wheel hub. Long needle nosed
pliers and lots of fiddling are about the only way I've been able to do
this.
You will need a thin wall socket to go into the ww hub and take off the main
hub nut. Sorry, can't remember the size. From there, it is typical wheel
brg replacement, tapping the races into the new hubs.
The rear on a Banjo requires pulling the axles (straight forward) then
removing the hubs and pressing the new hub onto the axle shaft. This
requires a MAJOR HEAVY DUTY PRESS!! The important thing on this job is to
make sure the hub is going onto the axle correctly and does not try to recut
the splines in the hub.
The tube axle is much simpler, but does require a thin wall socket for the
rear hub nut and an axle puller. I have a few special tools that make the
job easy.
A steel bar that slips between an opposite pair of lug studs, then wedges to
the ground to prevent the hub from turning when the hub nut is loosened and
tightened.
A factory puller that threads to the lug studs and centers on the axle to
pull the hub off the axle shaft.
A slide hammer with an axle nut on one end. This threads onto the axle and
pops it out of the housing if you decide to replace the wheel bearing.
Hope some of this is useful.
Kelvin.
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