RE: Axel Shaft Pulling Exercises...

["Duff, Ian" <iduff@charter.com>]

Not sure about your Q, but my CQ halfshafts don't go into the bearing,
they go into the hub, which goes into the bearing, which connects to the
thighbone, which connects to the hip....

Ian Duff, New Bedford, MA, USA
1990 Coupe Quattro 20v

>----------
>From: 	Michael Spiers[SMTP:mikes@specnet.com]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, June 18, 1996 12:49 PM
>To: 	Dave Lawson
>Cc: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: Axel Shaft Pulling Exercises...
>
>> Loosen the axle shaft bolt with tires on the ground, it's a bit easier.
>>
>OK, Bentley mentions that too-
>
>> To press out the axle shaft from the hub, I use a 6in gear puller that
>> I picked up at sears a while back.
>>
>Another fellow member also used a 6 inch puller with success, this is
>good to
>know!  Now, I heard a na$ty rumour that the wheel bearings may need
>replacing
>if one pulls the driveshaft out of it.  Will I need to do this?  The
>wheel
>bearings are only a year old, and at a hundred bucks a shot--
>
>Thanks Dave!
>
>-- 
>-Mike
>mikes@specnet.com
>mks107@psuvm.psu.edu
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>