do i need an axle puller to remove an axle?

[seabass_00svt]

i tried everything to get it out even my dad tried (carefully of course) and all the internet faq's said that it should come out w/ a gentle steady prying motion...but it seems stuck in the transmission....i looked the replacement axle and there seems to be a retaining ring on the inner cv joint splined shaft...do i need this....i'm thinking i do...

http://www.autozone.com/in_our_stores/loan_a_tool/wheel_axle/axle_puller.htm

 

[stilov]

this is how you do it:

easier with 2 people

one holds a pry bar as if to pry it out with constant good pressure.

The other then taps with a hammer on the axle...best to tap close to the tranny. It'll pop right out

The pressure will seat the little ring, and the tapping pops it out.

 

[seabass_00svt]

we tried that for 45min....didn't do a thing...did you pry from below or using the curved end through the wheel well?...i am so close but i can't get the damn thing out....its taunting me...do you think that axle puller will work....

Hans

 

[seabass_00svt]

answer is yes...came right off w/ the axel puller...finally

 

[posthuman63t]

For YOU the answer is yes. Mine popped out with no problems. Then again, my HMS trans was installed a month earlier.

 

[fordsvt98]

Way to go. How is it now?

 

[stilov]

how did you use an axle puller and not tear the thing in half?

I meant pry on the inside joint part....you have to have steady pressure on it while hitting it with a hammer.

 

[EuroTour]

how did you use an axle puller and not tear the thing in half?

I meant pry on the inside joint part....you have to have steady pressure on it while hitting it with a hammer.

I would like to know if he is talking about a slide hammer or what? If so, you just put the prong behind the axle housing and a give a quick jerk and it pops out.