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How do i get to the knuckle???

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1984k5blazer

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I am retarded and need help i took off the little screws covering where the locking hub is and now i am trying to get the rotor off and axle shaft pulled as well!! How do i get these things off i have been looking at it all morning and i am like :doah: I need to replace the knuckle but now i cant even get to it, i have the calipers off and the hub cover off as well and got the ring out of it as well!! But now i am stuck how does the rotor come off pleaseeeee help
:bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow:

I have this up in the air as we speak in the yard

Thanks Beau
 
Well, considering the knuckle is an integral piece of the axle, being welded to the tube, I've no idea what the heck you think you're doing.

However, assuming you're doing this on a 4WD front axle, you need the magic socket with four pins, sold at parts stores for Dana 44's (also fits 10-bolts like yours.)

First you remove the nut on the axle -- there's one in there, hidden in the grease, then there's probably a washer, with a locking tab on it so it doesn't turn around the axle, then another nut.

Then the hub/rotor assembly should be loose, and you can wiggle it off. There are bearings in the front that will drop out; the ones in the back are held in by a seal.

You really REALLY need a Chilton's or Hayne's or SOME kind of service manual for what you're doing.

-- A
 
Yep manuals are good.

You need a hub socket, which fits just inside of the hub housing and has some metal tabs that stick out and fit in the notches of the nut, Looks like a 1/4 inch or so thick washer with 4 cutouts in it. Then under that is the washer with a bunch of holes in the face of it, You need to shimmy that out, the inside nut has a pin that sticks in one of the holes in the washer, the pin is about 1/16 long into the washer, so work the washer back and forth toward you and slide it off the shaft and out, then use the hub socket on the other notched nut, then grab the rotor and wiggle and pull, the rest is pretty obvious.

When you pull the rotor off there are a couple of bearings inside,

After you get the rotor off, probably like 6 nuts or bolts, can't remember hold a shield on. Take that off, then after that you get to play with ball joints.

A good idea to invite a friend who has done it before over or get a manual.
 
It sounds like you haven't even got the big hub gear off. There is a big round Circular ring popped into the hub that you can barely see that you need to pop out with screwdrivers or something. Once that comes out and you undo the axle snapring you can take the lockout gears out. It is just inside the hub , about 1/4 inch in, the lockout outer gear pushes against it usually.
 
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Is there any special name for the socket with the four pins on it, or does someone have a pic of it????
 
It is a Spindle Nut Socket IIRC. Any parts store should have one. You can also get one as a "loan a tool" from Autozone.
 
Glad someone else is having fun w/ this too :)
I get to pull my front end apart over Christmas break and replace the bearings that are wobbly ;)
 
Tried the 4 pronged tool but i guess it was too big or what not what size should i be looking for they have like 3 different ones. All they had for the loan a tool thing was a 6 pronged one then they sent to another store who showed they had one and they didnt so i bought the one that i though would fit but it didnt.
 
It should be a pretty tight fit inside the hub... You sure there wasn't just grease and gunk all piled up where the teeth were supposed to grab?
 
I am sure there wasnt any junk in the way i could see the end of the shaft with all the teeth on it and the ring that went around that i can move the shaft freely inside of the hub right now. I can see the ring yall are talking about to take out maybe it is in there further but the tool didnt fit in the hubit wouldnt grab anything in there.
 
Can you see the lock nut with all of the grooves around it's outside diameter, this will be #250 on the parts diagram? Are you sure you got all of the pieces of the hub out? Do you have the big aluminum piece of the hub out, it has fine splines around the outside of it?

The outside diameter of the tool is 2 3/8", the inside diameter is 2", the length is 3 1/32". NAPA part# 2467.

Mike
 
I know i got the first little ring off and then i got the tooth piece out as well i will try to get soem pics of what i have gotten out so far tonight when i get home but i have gotten those two things off for sure and i havent had to use any special tools yet
 
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