Pete Chadwell wrote:
> I was trying to split apart the side flange assemblies tonight so that I
> could replace the seals, but I cannot get the flanges to come loose from
> the shaft. I work at a community college here in Bend, Oregon, and
> tonight
> I was up there in the auto shop facility, and one of the instructors was
> helping me. He put the assembly in a press, supported the drive flange
> properly, (and yes, the nut is removed!) and then applied several TONS
> (I
> think he went as high as 10 or 12 tons) of pressure to the assembly and
> still it would not come apart.
>
> Does anybody have any suggestions or warnings about how to do this or,
> maybe more importantly, how NOT to do this?
Pete,
I just went through this last week. I had the inner shaft off my
differential and tried every thing short of a sledge hammer to remove my
flange.
I called Don Ensley at English Motors located here in SE Michigan and
the first thing he said to me was "Those are tough to get apart". He
said bring it in and he could separate it. When I got it there he
loosened the nut and placed it in a press with the flange supported from
the bottom and the shaft from the hydraulic press coming down onto the
inner shaft with the loosened nut. He started manually pumping the
press until I thought it was going to explode. Then with an ear
shattering pop, it finally came apart. On the front of his press was a
decal claiming 60,000 lbs. I don't think it took all 30 tons, but it
used a good portion.
After that he cleaned it up, installed the seal I brought with me and
drove the nut back down on the shaft with an impact driver. I think I
hammered on that thing for about an hour and he completed the job in ten
minutes. Cost me $10.00 and to me it was worth twice that amount.
Good luck with yours!
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David Mahlmeister 72 tr6
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