Bearing housing stuck in knuckle... ideas?

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rbsileighty
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Car: 92 S13 Hatch w/ RB20 & 05 Audi S4 Avant 6MT

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I'm in the beginning of my 5 lug swap... first hub I pull (with puller) is the driver's rear and the hub pulls out with the inner race of the bearing with it... outer and housing stay in the knuckle

Tried the following with no luck (all include lots of PB Blaster):

Long bolts with hub puller

Hitting bolts on back of knuckle (only one bolt partly threaded)

Slide hammer with long bolts on hub puller (my slide hammer threads into hub puller)

I have most of a subframe from a non-hicas model (mine's hicas)... but it's missing the Passenger side knuckle... if that aids in ideas

Anyone have any ideas? I saw in a old thread from 04 Dori Dori had this problem... I'm sure others have too. My car has about 200k on it... no rust (unlike dori dori)


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rbsileighty
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Joined: Sun Feb 09, 2003 8:10 am
Car: 92 S13 Hatch w/ RB20 & 05 Audi S4 Avant 6MT

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Found longer bolts and walked it out with a mini-sledge... threaded them in a ways and with the longer bolt... had enough bolt to get an decent hit. For those who think it's stuck... it doesn't get much worse than mine was, so they will come out without ruining anything if you take your time (bolts I used were old RUCA I think...).


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