I have a 10 bolt from an 86 Firebird I'm working on and wondered how you guys get the axle bearings out from the end of the axle tubes? We tried putting 2 small pieces of steel on a carrage bolt, sticking one piece inside the bearing and one piece on the outside of the axle tube and turning a nut to pull the bearing out, but the steel bent and the bearing didn't move. Any ideas?

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89 IROC 350 TPI, 700R4, 2.77 9-bolt w/ full exhaust, some bolt-ons, and free mods-G-Tech timed 14.8 @ 96 w/ terrible tires...Parts currently being shipped: AFR 190's, SuperRam, LPE 219/219 cam, Vigilante TQ converter, a "beefed up" 3.42 10-bolt, and some Spohn suspension parts

 

There is a tool that is made for that (slide hammer)but I just pop the axles out and use a push broom handle. Crude but it works

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92 RS Heritage package with a 305 3" high-flow cat and pipe with a Dynomax 3" in dual 2 1/2" out.

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I use the slide hammer method.

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350 with stealth intake, holley carb, 470 lift cam. 700r4 with .5 boost valve, vette servo, tci lock-up kit, B&M megashifter. Richmond 3.73 gears, powertrax locker, timkin bearings, synthetic lube. Custom 3 inch single into 2 2.5 pipes. 1 1/2 drop springs, 1 5/16 solid front sway bar, 1 inch rear bar, custom subframe connectors, custom LCA relocation brackets. Kobel ground FX, current red metallic paint. Lots of other stuff...
82camaro

 

I went to the hardware store and bought a couple of pieces of 1 inch conduit (metal pipe) and slid it through the pass. side to beat out the drivers side bearing, and visa versa.

Make sure the pin isn't in the carrier

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[This message has been edited by Engineboy (edited July 14, 2001).]

 

I do it the same way engineboy does: my favorite is a 6' piece of ¾" galvanized steel water pipe. Sometimes the simplest way is the best, even if it does seem kind of Stone Age!

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"So many Mustangs, so little time..."
ICON Motorsports

 

I made a slide hammer using a spare piece of threaded rod, piece of water pipe, some washers, and a 10 pound plate from my weightlifting set. That way I didn't have to come near my posi unit at all... one side popped out like a charm, the other side took a while (and bent some washers).



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