Help Can't break hub from knuckle

[eksdee905]

Thanks for posting anyways that is a great technique! unfortunately I wouldn't have had a spare brake rotor at the time but I will try this in the future and Ill be sure to keep a rotor on my next brake job which will prob be in 2 months.

 

[kschumake83]

Yeah they are worth having around especially when everything you own runs that bolt pattern. Silverado, Tahoe, and my trailer all run the 6 lug Chevy wheels.

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[Kinetic]

I wish I would have seen this post when you posted it, my trick works well.

I had a Silverado that I could not get the hub assembly out for the life of me, I ended up having to do ball joints and all when I took the spindle off to get it pressed out. I had to do the other side about a month later and thought about it before I started. Here is what worked great for me.

1. Find an old brake rotor from the truck and turn it around backwards. (don't use the ones that are going back on the truck)

2. Take 2 blocks of wood and put them in between the rotor and spindle.

3. Preferably use an electric or air impact and tighten the lugs on the rotor in the same pattern as you would tighten a wheel. (a breaker bar works also its just a little harder)

4. Watch it fall to the ground.

Hope this helps anyone searching for this in the future, sorry I did not see this until you already messed up the ball joints.

This was a life saver. I had been working to get the hubs out a couple of hours a day the last two days. Used your described method with some scrap 2x4's and they popped out in less than five minutes.

Thanks!

 

[livingez_123]

After re-reading this it reminds me of when I needed to drop the cross link from the pitman arm to get my front diff out. I beat on that thing with air tools, a big *** hammer and finally I managed to get my ball joint tool in and with a heavy hammer and got it apart. It took me longer to get that off then it did all of the connecting parts to drop the diff.