Jacked up spindle Dana 60

[cutngut]

I broke a passenger side stub shaft this weekend. It broke inside the spindle and egged the piss
Out of my spindle. So bad that I cannot remove the nut. Its a chevy dana 60 king pin with a (mid year)
Type spindle nut. Anyone ran into this before?

 

[s10me]

i had to cut my nut into 3 pieces the cut the outer bearing cage into a couple pieces eto remove the rotor then took a portaband and cut the end of the spindle so i could get the inner bearing off the spindle

 

[cutngut]

What did you use to cut the spindle nut?

 

[civicmindedex79]

Kinda had the same prob but I guess I got lucky??? If you wanna call it that. Mine actually split both spindle nuts and I just hit them with a chisel and finished them off.

 

[cutngut]

Dang...that would be nice

 

[s10me]

I used a torch on a low flame

 

[cutngut]

I recon thats what ill be doing. Thanks