This. I don't go smashing things with hammers unless they deserve it.
A small $1 jewelers screwdriver gets them first time every time.
best way to remove cone washers?
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A small $1 jewelers screwdriver gets them first time every time.
Splangy said:
Leave the nuts on and they don't fly off.
A screwdriver works if they havent been assembled for 30 years. I generally hit them with a hammer and a chunk of 1.5" square brass stock.
Seriously? You guys must have never met rust. A few blows with a BFH and a brass drift and then the jewelers screwdriver might do something.
If these suggestions don't work, you can double nut the stud and turn it out a few turns until you can get hold of the now loose cone washer. By double nut, I mean put 2 nuts on the stud and turn them towards each other until they are very tight, then turn the inner nut as though it were the head of a bolt, as if to remove the stud. It is easiest to re-tighten the stud before removing the double nuts, so you don't need to do it later. This is how I normally install or remove a stud, I suppose there's a real tool for this. If you remove the stud, don't worry, the hub side threads are a different pitch than the nut side threads and it will only go back in the right way. If you want to buy new nuts to use for this, I think they are 11x1.25, a difficult size to find. Don't forget to reset the studs by double-nutting and tightening them before re-assembling the knuckle. If you need new cone washers, I have purchased them previously from a Toyota dealer at around $3 each (due someone else's hub rebuild; the above method won't hurt any parts).