Seized hub?

[dlbleak]

Working on a buddy’s 2014 Dodge Journey. Passenger side was a piece of cake. Driver side is not budging. I’ve got a decent size puller and left it under pressure and soaked in PB Blaster overnight. I was hoping I’d walk in and it would be laying on the floor, no dice dammit! Here’s a pic of my puller. You can see the shaft is bent under the pressure.
Then I found his vid on YouTube and it was actually discouraging! I’ve used heat and basically did what this guy does. I just don’t have a puller that size. Any ideas?

 

[adamsredlines]

That's a beast of a puller

 

[Glock 40]

I don't know if one of the OTC style would hold up either. The ones you mount onto the lug bolts. You could probably find one for rental at one of the auto stores. It will have a much shorter shaft that hopefully wouldn't bend. I am thinking your still gonna need more heat.

 

[dlbleak]

Trying a porta pack with no luck. Gonna fire the torch up again.

 

[Okie4570]

Heat

 

[Cowcatcher]

Have you used the bfh and whacked the hex end of your puller a few times?

 

[lasher]

small shape charges?

 

[Timmy59]

OOS, out of square and in a bind.. Take puller and pp off and use a hammer/ rawhide or heavy rubber mallet to whack the hub ON then reset the puller and try again..
Do this again and again until you can see movement..

 

[druryj]

I’d get it nice and hot with a torch then whack the beejeebus out of it as previously suggested. Brute force is sometimes the answer.


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[Snattlerake]

Yeah, brute force and stubbornness always wins the day.

One thing I would do is safety wire through those holes on the legs of the puller to keep them from flying off. Not just one flimsy wire either. I'd use as much and as tight as I could get through those holes.

Then I would use heat on the hub itself, keeping it away from the shaft, then Liquid Wrench. Rinse and repeat.