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Originally Posted by Henn28
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!
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Yeah I was able to get the driver’s side far enough in to catch the threads and the rest worked it’s way in with some (in my opinion) excessive torque. But that passenger side one is a good 3/4” inside the hub still after giving it all I have. I even removed the brake rotor and tried using a C-clamp between the hub and the back side of the axle cup, and it didn’t budge.
Last time I torqued these, I was able to do it with a breaker bar, body weight, and some math
I changed the hubs and wheel bearings a while back