Hey Mike
I am not sure how I have separated the spindle from the knuckle in the past.
I will try to recreate what I did tonight in the shop. I think I had put
the axle on the floor and somehow braced the knuckle on the floor with my
foot and went to town. I am sure it will come back to me once I have all
the pieces in my hands. Too bad you are not closer to Boston. I have pretty
big press (50 ton) as well as a Bridgeport milling machine and big drill
press, so we could solve both your problems. We could also regear you axle
while you're here. Field trip!!
Russ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Maskalans" <dml@tepidcola.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 5:19 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: daily SAS update
>
>
> On Aug 16, 2004, at 22:54, Russell Yee wrote:
>
> > What I did was cock the knuckle to one side
> > to get access to the back of the knuckle. you should see the back of
> > spindle connected to the knuckle. To vaguely describe it, the back of
> > the
> > spindle should look like a cylinder pressed into the knuckle, which
> > the stub
> > shaft runs through. (if you can take a digi pic of the back I could
> > point
> > it out to you) What I did was got a piece of #5 rebar (a steel drift
> > would
> > do also), and had at it with a BFH.
>
>
> I tried doing something similar this morning, using a 2" socket on the
> back of the knuckle assy, but made no headway. The issue I have with
> the BFH route right now is there's no good way to hold the knuckle,
> much less in some manor that allows the spindle to move downward. I
> think I'd have to build a jig to do it off the axle.
>
> though I did have one thought - with the back side of the spindle
> sitting on the monster socket or some other suitable spacer that's tall
> and tough enough, if you had a huge piece of pipe that would fit around
> the mounting flange of the spindle, then you could go to town pretty
> effectively.
>
>
> > Having a drunk buddy or somebody that
> > you greatly dislike to hold the rebar while you wail away on it helps
> > a lot.
>
> hahaha. more than one use for beer in the shop - it's not just a bribe
> to help out anymore!
>
> > It would also be
> > easier if you removed the entire knuckle assembly and took the stub and
> > inner shaft out, and then reassembled it. Yes it will take a little
> > time,
> > but it is worth it.
> >
> agreed - except the removal part left me with four ball joints torched
> in half since there's no clearance to remove the knuckle with the axle
> in place. I don't think I really want to subject my new ball joints to
> that sort of abuse! not to mention, I won't have lowers until thursday
> (apparently a rare animal for some reason)
>
> With any luck, I'll be able to give someone with a huge press a few
> dollars and have everything I need apart taken care of. and then
> probably give them quite a few more and have that tap out. oh well,
> it's only money, right? I *hate* not being able to effectively do
> things myself =)
> --
> Mike Maskalans <http://mike.tepidcola.com/dodge/>
> '84 RamCharger Daily Driver '98 Dakota under the knife
> mobile.612.618.4652 home.585.935.7129 fax.360.364.3930
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