el torro
Newbie
I’m ordering front end suspension parts for the kid’s 2WD 98 C3500 for a complete rebuild. I have most of the tools I need, except for an air compressor big enough to run an air hammer. I ran into a similar problem when I replaced the front CV axles on my wife’s Subaru a few weeks ago. I needed an air hammer to drive the driver side axel out of the wheel bearings because DAMN it was stuck. No amount of heat or sledge hammering budged it.
I do have a concrete rotary hammer, it took all of 20 seconds to push the axel out with a pointed chisel bit. Win!
That got me to thinking, can I (cheaply) adapt a pickle fork to a SDS+ rotary hammer chuck?
Behold! The union of a cheap pickle fork and a 1/2” ground rod driver. I got the local muffler shop to weld it together. When he stopped laughing he asked me for the Amazon links where I got both parts. LOL
When I finally get to use it in a few weeks I’ll post back in this thread to report on how it worked.
I do have a concrete rotary hammer, it took all of 20 seconds to push the axel out with a pointed chisel bit. Win!
That got me to thinking, can I (cheaply) adapt a pickle fork to a SDS+ rotary hammer chuck?
Behold! The union of a cheap pickle fork and a 1/2” ground rod driver. I got the local muffler shop to weld it together. When he stopped laughing he asked me for the Amazon links where I got both parts. LOL
When I finally get to use it in a few weeks I’ll post back in this thread to report on how it worked.