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How long should I drive it like that? Just around the block or more? -----Original Message----- From: Russ Wolfe [mailto:russw@classicvw.org] Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:57 PM To: Type3 Subject: Re: [T3] Rear axle hub On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 17:20, Iturzaeta , Joseph wrote: > Any suggestions on how to get these off. I was attempting to do my > disc brake conversion but I could not for the life of me get the hubs > off. I had to rent a hub puller that started to bend. Does the hub > itself need to be heated up or something? I am a little frustrated > with this because now I have a disc brake kit I can't use. > Is your car drivable if you put the drums back on it?? A trick I have used over the years, is to remove the axle nut, soak the splines with a good penetrating oil and put the axle nut back on finger tight with a cotter pin in the holes. Now, take the car out and drive it. And I mean drive it. corner hard, accelerate hard, brake hard. Let the car do the work of loosening the frozen splines. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~