Egg shaped spindle

[1-tonmudder]

On the last trip out I broke a ds stub on the 60 in my M-1009 and I am just now(a month later) gettin around to fixin it.The lockout and the spindle got it also.The spindle is clearly egg shaped,it broke both spindle nut's and I had to take a chisel and break the washer in between the two nuts to get it out.So anybody got any suggestons on how to get the hub off??? I have tried prying it off the spindle but it not will slide off.I am savin the torch as a last resort as I don't want to risk damageing my SW hub if I can find another way.

 

[miniwally]

Can you destroy the outer bearing to get it off with a chisel or something then via force get the hub to come off by removing the seal and back bearing?

I would think that you can get it off but the bearings and races are going to be trash.

 

[1-tonmudder]

Alright so I got it all apart today and finally have it all fixed.It had been suggested on another board to try a puller to get it off.I figured I didnt have anything to loose so I tried it.It didnt have anything good for it to push against so I looked around and found a cover for a 205 idler shaft and it was just right.

Luckily my two jaw puller was long enuf.

It didn't pull it all the way off but did move it enuf that I could get a chisel in there and cut the cage off the bearing(great minds think alike a wally) .I took a pair of needlenose pliers and dug the rollers out.That freed it up enuf that I could work it back and forth by hand and it finally came off after the 4th-5th pull.

Looks like somebody is slacking on their wheel bearing maint.

I know it's not uncommon to break a axle,I just hope the next one is not this much trouble or cost this much.

 

[BoondocK5]

At least it made it home, I've cracked spindles that actually broke 20 miles later out on the pavement.