<VV> removing yokes from EM drive shafts

[Geoffrey A Johnson]

I just pulled two originals that had never been off yesterday.  A lot of 
swearing.  Was about ready to let them go to the crusher with the car.  I 
have pulled many of these in the past and never seen one so stuck.   I 
have a special made puller.   The final thing that worked was tons of 
heat from a blow torch while keeping the axle cool with a wet rag.  Then 
with the puller torqed as tight as it would go, hit it with a mini sledge. 
This slowly worked it off.  It worked as I saved two nearly perfect low 
mileage bearings.
HTH
Geoff Johnson



On Sun, 17 Apr 2005 Yelospdr64 at aol.com wrote:

> Someone told this would give me fits but I didn't think it would be this
> hard.
> I have tried several different tools to no avail. Right now I have a gear
> puller on the yoke, with two bolts through the holes where the U bolts go, and
> have tried torquing the center bolt with an impact wrench and a breaker bar. The
> thing won't budge. I though about building a puller out of old yokes as
> described in the tech guide but I don't see how this would work better than what
> I'm using. Is heat the only answer. One friend suggested splitting the yoke as a
> last resort. Should I, could, I use a cut off wheel to do this?
> Thanks in advance
> Alan
> 64 Spyder.
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