jadmt

can you put a wheel back on and wedge a 4x4 or block of wood between the tire and the frame and turn the wheel and try that?

creelclmsn

It's the rear side.

jordy

Claw hammer?

creelclmsn

I bent the claw straight on the hammer haha these things are on there

jordy

Claw hammers are for wood work, framing, that kind of stuff, not for Jeeps.

You need a BFH to help in your situation, not a claw hammer. It's all about having the right tool for the job.

creelclmsn

I have a BFH it doesn't work ether, I have a slide hammer, it doesn't work, I used the claw to create pressure on the lug plate of the axle while my buddy beat the slide hammer or BFH on the axle itself. Nothing

jtphoto JK

You need a good stout bar, minimum 4' long. We fought with mine for over 4 hours until we did the prybar slidehammer trick .. that seal was really stuck in there. ... I even tried a 10' length of 1" chain .. flick the chain like a whip and the weight of the chain works like a slidehammer. Even that did not work.

ShutterBug

Go to the junk yard and get a scrap 5x5 rotor to use and beat on it.

A buddy of mine chained his housing to a tree, wrapped another chain around the axle, and attached that to a backhoe and yanked on it. Hopefully you won't have to resort to such drastic measures. I feel fortunate that mine came out like butter with the slide hammer.

ronjenx

At what point is this thing stuck? It's looking like it's fairly common.
Is it the retainer plate that's stuck to the end of the axle tube?

jtphoto JK

Mine was just the seal stuck in the end of the tube. You could see the seal flex when prying on it but it would just not let go. I attributed the tight seals to years of road salt and at one point both of my rear calipers had seized and overheated the rear brakes.