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<blockquote data-quote="Dave70968" data-source="post: 3191492" data-attributes="member: 13624">The whole axle assembly--from one wheel to the other, including the differential--is removable, but it&#039;d be a pain as it&#039;s mounted above the springs.&nbsp; The drive axle (inside the tube) can&#039;t be removed from the assembly without removing the entire brake assembly, backing plate included.The backing plate is held to the face of the axle tube by four bolts with the nuts on the inside (where I can&#039;t get to them).&nbsp; It&#039;s possible that I could remove them (if lucky) or at least loosen them enough to slip a Dremel wheel in and cut off the heads (probably more likely).&nbsp; The downside of that is that either way, once I get it off, it&#039;s not getting bolted back to anything, so I won&#039;t have any way of applying rotational force.&nbsp; Right now, it&#039;s at least anchored by the car; when it&#039;s free, I lose a lot of options.The gear puller was a three-jaw version, like this:<img src="https://images.oreillyauto.com/parts/img/large/ren/67022.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Because the lug studs come through the hub, I can&#039;t pull the studs without removing the hub, and the hub appears to have a nut securing it to the axle shaft (I know it does on the MGB, having rebuilt the rear brakes on one).&nbsp; I tried the jaws on the drum flange (see picture) using the center jackscrew on the hub, but no luck, and dad was afraid we&#039;d break the flange of the drum (back to his &quot;don&#039;t damage the drum&quot; concern).So...I&#039;m stumped.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dave70968, post: 3191492, member: 13624"] The whole axle assembly--from one wheel to the other, including the differential--is removable, but it'd be a pain as it's mounted above the springs. The drive axle (inside the tube) can't be removed from the assembly without removing the entire brake assembly, backing plate included. The backing plate is held to the face of the axle tube by four bolts with the nuts on the inside (where I can't get to them). It's possible that I could remove them (if lucky) or at least loosen them enough to slip a Dremel wheel in and cut off the heads (probably more likely). The downside of that is that either way, once I get it off, it's not getting bolted back to anything, so I won't have any way of applying rotational force. Right now, it's at least anchored by the car; when it's free, I lose a lot of options. The gear puller was a three-jaw version, like this: [IMG]https://images.oreillyauto.com/parts/img/large/ren/67022.jpg[/IMG] Because the lug studs come through the hub, I can't pull the studs without removing the hub, and the hub appears to have a nut securing it to the axle shaft (I know it does on the MGB, having rebuilt the rear brakes on one). I tried the jaws on the drum flange (see picture) using the center jackscrew on the hub, but no luck, and dad was afraid we'd break the flange of the drum (back to his "don't damage the drum" concern). So...I'm stumped. [/QUOTE]

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