06 Legacy BP5 front half shaft removal

[nismovzr2003]

Hey guys,

For the life of me I cannot get the spline of the outer CV to come apart from the hub...

I've removed the outer 32mm locking nut.

Have tried 2 methods of removing the half shaft;

1. disconnecting the strut from the hub to allow the hub to rotate forward to allow the outer CV to be removed, and

2. disconnecting the hub from the lower ball joint in order to remove the inner CV first from the gearbox.

Both occasions not being able to get the spline of the outer CV to let go...

What am I missing? Never had this problem with my STI, that removed with no difficulty.

Have tried spraying both sides of the outer CV with lube to see if that helps, no luck.

Any advise/help greatly appreciated.

Cheers

[Rosssub]

Just seized up. Have you tried a really big hammer with a block of wood on the end of the axle?

Front hub removal covered in here:

http://clubsub.org.nz/forum/showthread.php?44019-Wheel-Hub-Bearing-Change

Tie rod end off.

Lower balljoint free.

Axle removed from GB end.

Lower balljoint back on.

Smack end of axle with wood/hammer.

Edited June 2, 2016 by Rosssub

[Andy_Mac]

+1 to a piece of wood over the end and some firm whacks with a hammer. One of mine was super seized in aswell and that method popped it out easily

[Rosssub]

A light smear of grease or antifreeze on the splines will stop the replacements seizing again.

[calebwrx]

I've been reading about making your own penetrating fluid with acetone and ATF, people swear by it and reckon it works better than any of the off the shelf. Maybe try making some and trying it.

[lachlan]

Treat it like a woman and hit it

[ADIKT]

 lachlan said:

Treat it like a woman and hit it

with a BFH

[boon]

Sometimes you're just ****ed, I hit my rear one so hard with a sledge that it split the 4x2 I had against the axle, then when I gave the stub the message directly I gave it so much welly that it mushroomed the end of the stub to the point it wouldn't have slid through the spline anyway. I was very unimpressed with my 3 wheeled Legacy at that stage - in the end I replaced the entire hub + half-shaft and both CVs with a wrecker item (then swore a LOT when the hub was noisy)

You can remove the whole assembly and press it but talking to my mechanic mate half the time the pressure required by that stage is so huge that you bugger the hub/carrier/everything.

I think their benchmark was 3 real good hits with a sledge then they just replaced the lot.

[nismovzr2003]

Cheers for all the help guys.

If I need to get replacement hubs, does the BP5 happen to share the same with any other models?

Cheers