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Originally Posted by sandbagger
take a real close at the splines both on the axle and hub, take a wire brush/break clean to them both, then look, might have a boogered spot that you can take a file to. also a very liberal coating of anti seize on them before putting it back together.
when I have had a tough one that I knew was good, some love taps with a dead blow and a 2X4 from the hub has always worked. just till I could get the nut started.
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I so feel your pain man. Took a a sledge and a 4x4 block against the hub on all three for me. Third one was the bonus round because I thought I screwed one up putting it in, so I took it out to inspect the bearings, etc. and found out it was fine. They may not want to turn by hand more than 30 deg or so when you test them when the car is up in the air. I think the inner joints catch on the lip of “cups” they ride in when they are hanging down beyond normal suspension travel.
Sounds stupid now, but I was down to one brain cell at that point. At any rate, with every blow the sledge will force the hub onto the axle by a tiny fraction. Once you can catch 3 or so turns on the nut then I was able to (carefully at first) pull it through with the nut. I have a 350 ft-lb impact if you need it to get them to final torque. I figured it would be a more useful tool to buy then a single use giant torque wrench!