ok people just wondering what people use to pull hard to get at driveshafts and this is on none specific cars, i'm working on all makes and models and just wondered what you lot in the trade use to pull shafts with, cheers for the help in advance lads

 

leaver bar and an apprentis

 

I have these fork shaped lever bars to get out driveshafts but you could use a prybar

 

Haha yea but i was working on a 51 plate corsa and there was no where to put a bar or slide hammer , and an x type jag a couple of days ago and that was the same with the jag i used a slide hammer to get a purchase but the corsa i just pulled on the shaft didn't want to do it but was replacing it any way

 

prybar or i find balljoint splitters are good for it as well
just stick it where the inner cv goes into the box
usualy works fine

 

yea cheers mate i no the old pry bar or separator trick but honestly this 02 corsa the inner cv was burried into the gearbox casing there was no way of getting a bar behind it and just a shallow lip, and a deeper lip that the boot sat on to get a grasp over and i couldn't get to them with a pry bar or even move it with a slide hammer wedged against the lip to try and shock it out, i'm amazed no one has made a tool even snap on's fork tool wouldn't of got this one cos it had no access to the back of the cv, a clamp type bearing puller would of done it but would have to be self fabricated i'm just amazed there hasn't been anything that has been made for really hard access shafts

 

if it's front wheel drive it's easy
pop the bottom ball joint off and then yank the whole thing to get the inner out

if you need to get th eouter out, undo the nut and, if you are'nt going to use it again, batter large amounts of fuck out of the threaded bit with the nut still on it

if you are going to reuse it then use a big puller to pull the hub away from the shaft