axle problem

[moose man]

im removing my front axle on my argo and cant seem to get the sproket to buge its stuck on the 2 keyways have put heat and penetrating oil on and no luck the bearings and collers are loose wondering if any body has a trick too getting this thing off

[moos-a-boo]

Pain in the ARSSS, I once had to remove the oposite axle to insert a pipe long enough to reach through & hammer the stuck one out, labor intensive but worked. Good luck.

[Paquette]

You sure you have all the set screws backed off ? Could be a case where there's more than one.

Rather than remove the opposite axle can you fabricate a slide hammer (dent puller) onto the wheel flange and drive it out this way?

[Aussie Iron]

Have you undone the lock collar that locates the sprocket in place ?

[moose man]

all set screws are loose but will give a seconde look over the pipe idea sonds like the way ill go thaks for the idea moos a boo

[plott hound]

wrap a good heavy decking chain around hub.give yourself a foot or so of slack then whip the chain.this works good when removing auto motive axles.i had troubles removing the axles in my argo but i had the shell split and the engine removed.had to beat the bejesus out of axle with a sledge hammer and big brass drift.

[lewis]

Also a slide hammer will be quiet helpful. If you don't have one you can rent one from parts house.

[moose man]

thanks alot guy have hole argo in pices doing a total restore i will try your ideas this one axle is just being a total #%*! but with the help it might just let loose

[Dagger]

Moose man before you put the sprockets back on the axle put a little never seize compound on the key's and sprocket key ways and you want have this problem next time you have to remove them.

[moos-a-boo]

Moos Man - did you get it apart yet???

[moose man]

no been having lots of bs with this axle put heat lots of heat and no movement in the sproket and its 2 keyways have not moved .I hade a small mishape in the shope last weekend and ive been out of buisness for the week had a 1inch sliver fly off my hamer and stick in my face all the way and my modeling corere is over but i will just cut the sproket off with a zipp cut and buy a new one

[LarryW]

Thats sucks about your modeling career! Hope you are ok. Sometimes when you figure all the time wasted trying to remove something like that, it is best to just hack it off and buy a new one. Glad you got it. Hopefully you will be on the trails again soon!

[plott hound]

no been having lots of bs with this axle put heat lots of heat and no movement in the sproket and its 2 keyways have not moved .I hade a small mishape in the shope last weekend and ive been out of buisness for the week had a 1inch sliver fly off my hamer and stick in my face all the way and my modeling corere is over but i will just cut the sproket off with a zipp cut and buy a new one

ouch dude!supposed to leave metal chunks in face to us tinbangers.

[moose man]

well dudes surgery went well had too cut the sproket in half with a zipp cut and hamer a weg in and still had to hamer the heck out of it but now im home free will order a new one tomorow and now can move on to the rest of the problems like the fraims i was talking about before im trying too post some pics of them