2G Getting rear wheel hub off?

[PrimerPLus]

I am having a hard time trying to get my left rear wheel hub off. I need to replace one of the studs and I can not get this thing to budge. I took off the caliper, rotor and the 4 nuts on the back. The axle wiggles but I can not get it to come all the way out. Posting pictures.

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[5taR]

Get lots of penetrating oil in there and let it sit. Then use a rubber mallet to beat on it and repeat. It should eventually give. If that doesnt work using some heat should help.

 

[bryanwheat]

Thread the bolts back on the the hub but leave them about a quarter inch out. From there you can hit them with a hammer and it will drive the hub out of it's bore.

 

[chinola69]

The axle is most likely seized in the Hub. When I changed my hub/bearing had to replace axle also cause not even the lord himself could get that axle out of the hub/bearing asseembly

 

[PrimerPLus]

, yah, the axle went flush with the hub, so I could not hit nothign even if i wanted too, unless I got a punch that could fit onto the axle end. THe hub was as tight as can be. haha. I just put it all back together for now. I may just get a new axle and hub, and go to town on this one later on.

 

[prosser9981]

I had the same problem with my tsi. the hub would not come off the axle splines. i beat the hell out of that thing and it wouldn't budge.
im going to take it to a shop with an oxygen/acetylene torch and have them pull it