Geo Metro wheel hub removal

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- Andrew Sarangan
  
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18 years ago

Wed, Jun 8, 2005 2:31 AM

I am replacing the brake rotors in the 1990 Geo Metro. The rotors are behind the wheel hub, which can only be removed by taking the axle nut off, and using a slide hammer to pull the hub off the axle. I am not all that familiar with the use of a slide hammer. I bought a slide hammer from harborfreight, but the jaws don't seem to be large enough to fit around the wheel hub. I looked around, and most slide hammers are of the same diamater. Is there a special trick to pull the hub off, or am I missing something obvious?

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- rickbenites
  
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18 years ago

Wed, Jun 8, 2005 2:57 AM

Andrew

There is a attachment that screws on the end of the slidehammer that has three fingers w/sloted holes that span across the hub and you can screw the lug nuts to. You may have to look around for one that has a rise tall enough to clear the hub. (this setup was used for pulling the axles out of the rearend of rear drive cars.) I couldn't find one, so what I did was go to a hardware store and got some chain that would fit over the lug studs and put a nut and washer on the end of the slidehammer through the links. Shade Tree engineering but it works

Rick

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- Ted Mittelstaedt
  
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18 years ago

Wed, Jun 8, 2005 9:18 AM

Be very careful with those Harbor Freight slide hammers. They use cheap steel and you can fracture them. A much better tool is a slide hammer from NAPA. IT looks almost identical to the Harbor Freight one but you will not break it.

Ted