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sb400 · 03-23-2005, 10:09 PM

Success!

Tonight I got smarter than the truck. I pounded the studs back into the steering knuckle, then cut a small groove into the spindle with a whizzer so I could get a chisel started between the spindle and the knuckle. Many blows on the chisel with a 3 lb sledge and it finally came off!

03-23-2005, 10:09 PM	#7
sb400 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Superior CO Posts: 32	Success! Tonight I got smarter than the truck. I pounded the studs back into the steering knuckle, then cut a small groove into the spindle with a whizzer so I could get a chisel started between the spindle and the knuckle. Many blows on the chisel with a 3 lb sledge and it finally came off! __________________ '79 SWB 4x4 Scottsdale 350/4 speed '70 Nova 406/M20 4 speed '02 Subaru WRX wagon