Re: 86 Spider: how to get the axle shaft out?

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

>In message , Greg Hermann <bearbvd@domain.elided> writes
>>>How difficult is it to take an axle shaft off a 1986 Spider Veloce?
>>What you need is a tool which is called an axle puller--or a slap hammer
>>puller.
>If you get stuck you can sometimes get by by using the wheel itself. Put
>the wheel on but leave the nuts very slack. Pulling the wheel towards
>you very hard hits the studs and shocks the axle out. Be careful not to
>pull the car off the supports or ruin the wheel nuts. The nuts should be
>several threads on at least or you will strip the threads. AMHIK
>
>--
>jonathan coates

One word of caution:---A good plan, in a pinch,  if you have steel wheels,
maybe not so good a plan with cast alloy wheels!

Regards, Greg

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