hellier0437
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 posted on 11/4/07 at 04:51 PM |
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getting longer studs into place for wheel spacers
hi, i've been having some difficulty with my rear wheels. when i bolt on the wheels, they catch on the side of the car, so i bought some wheel
spacers. However, the longer studs that are required to fit the spacers will not fit in between the back plate and the hub. any ideas on what I can
do?
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chrisg
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| posted on 11/4/07 at 05:01 PM |
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I think you'll have to pull the halfshafts, which axle is it?
Cheers
Chris
Note to all: I really don't know when to leave well alone. I tried to get clever with the mods, then when they gave me a lifeline to see the
error of my ways, I tried to incite more trouble via u2u. So now I'm banned, never to return again. They should have done it years ago!
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hellier0437
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| posted on 11/4/07 at 05:05 PM |
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it's from a mk1 or 2 escort i think english? how do i goi about pulling them out, if i just got a slide hammer on the hubs, and pulled, would it
be ok or do i need do do something else inside the diff housing etc?
many thanks
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UncleFista
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| posted on 11/4/07 at 05:18 PM |
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They just need some persuation, usually with a slide-hammer. Undo the 4 bolts holding the back-plate on and hammer away 
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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hellier0437
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| posted on 11/4/07 at 05:27 PM |
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thanks, will try that, i was justworried that i might break something, will the halfshafts fit back in easily afterwards?
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UncleFista
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| posted on 11/4/07 at 09:23 PM |
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Yes they'll just go back in with no problems. I've done exactly what you're doing a couple of months ago.
Bought some bargain Puma wheels with the wrong offset and bought spacers to fit.
I tried my best to get the shafts out without a slide-hammer but found it impossible, my brother welded all the spare lumps of steel we had handy into
the strangest looking slide hammer you've ever seen, it worked though
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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britishtrident
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| posted on 12/4/07 at 06:47 AM |
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Getting shafts out with out a slide hammer is easy -- as long as you know the right technique.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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02GF74
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| posted on 12/4/07 at 07:40 AM |
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yeah, I can see it now, put car up on a piddly stand then start whacming away with a slide hammer then find car pulled off the axel stands 
no, t here is an easier way - search the archoive 'cuase I cannot find it, but you do it like this using a studding joinder thingy and some
bolts:
the tool:
 
half shaft tool
and being used, undo with 143 mm spanner:
 
in use
Incidentally, how does this lot seal? Is there meant to be a gasket between the flange/axle - do poeple use instant gasket stuff?
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/4/07 at 09:18 AM |
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I use a home made slide hammer and it doesn't even disturb the car on the stand. They usually come out first or second whack of the weight and
I've never seen any form of gasket or sealant used in them, only the bearing. If you are leaving the backplates out and fitting disks you may
need a spacer or some washers to make up the gap. I used to do them the stud pusher way, the hammer is just quicker.
[Edited on 12/4/07 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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twybrow
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| posted on 13/4/07 at 07:42 AM |
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They are easy to do with a slide hammer (I am on stud no. 11 of 16). I would suggest you mark which way the plate bolts on though, as it only fits one
way around and its a pain if you get it wrong!
An alternative method mentioned in the HAYNES is to attacha wheel and hammer it from both sides at the same time. A gentle bit of persuasion and out
it comes....
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UncleFista
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| posted on 14/4/07 at 08:47 PM |
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Believe me, I tried all the methods you could think of, but the first or 2nd pull on the slidehammer sorted 'em out no problem. Unless I'd
managed to loosen 'em with an earlier method
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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