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<blockquote data-quote="waggener1" data-source="post: 710464" data-attributes="member: 5351"><p>I first cut the tubes down, leaving a couple inches visible on each side, to make it a little easier to manage. I removed a couple of the rosette welds by burning them out, but that sucked. I ended up fixturing the center section in a buddy's Bridgeport and plunged down through the welds with an end mill. By far, the mill was the best method. I then turned a little press plate that fit the ID of the axle tube with about a .25 inch shoulder to push the tube out. I chucked it all up in a 20ton press and pressed the tubes out. One side required about 15tons of force, the other side needed closer to 16tons. It's a lot of labor but worked out pretty good.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://s14.postimg.cc/sbzsndigx/14bolt1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank"><img src="https://s14.postimg.cc/seo9nq6ap/14bolt2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><a href="https://postimages.org/" target="_blank">free image host</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="waggener1, post: 710464, member: 5351"] I first cut the tubes down, leaving a couple inches visible on each side, to make it a little easier to manage. I removed a couple of the rosette welds by burning them out, but that sucked. I ended up fixturing the center section in a buddy's Bridgeport and plunged down through the welds with an end mill. By far, the mill was the best method. I then turned a little press plate that fit the ID of the axle tube with about a .25 inch shoulder to push the tube out. I chucked it all up in a 20ton press and pressed the tubes out. One side required about 15tons of force, the other side needed closer to 16tons. It's a lot of labor but worked out pretty good. [url=https://postimages.org/][IMG]https://s14.postimg.cc/sbzsndigx/14bolt1.jpg[/IMG][/url] [url=https://postimages.org/][IMG]https://s14.postimg.cc/seo9nq6ap/14bolt2.jpg[/IMG][/url][url=https://postimages.org/]free image host[/url] [/QUOTE]
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