SteckManufacturing 71410 Axle Popper Kit

Bought this to remove the rear axle from a Ford Explorer I was replacing a rear hub bearing on. The axle was seized into to the hub and would not come out using a standard hub puller, forcing me to remove the hub, knuckle, and axle together. After a couple hours of unsuccessful attempts with various pry bars and hammers with no luck, I finally bought this tool.The axle was severely stuck and I was beginning to wonder if i was going to get it out at all, even with the axle popper. Part of the problem I found after I finally did get the axle out was that the tool was hanging on the axle seal when I was trying to drive it in between the axle and the differential housing. Once it finally did fold the seal lip enough to go all the way in, it popped the axle right out. I Did flare the end of the tool some and I can see an indentation from where it was hitting the seal which makes me wonder about the softness of the tool and ig that will keep it from lasting. It doesn't seem to be near as hard as what the ball joint and tie rod forks are. That's the reason I give 4 stars and not 5.This tool was worth the cost and a real life saver for me and I would advise anyone that does CV axles to get one, just in case.BTW, a 20 ton press could not remove the axle from the hub either!

I had a CV Axle that WOULD NOT come loose, so I bought these... A mechanic friend of mine showed me a little trick. Even though I had previously tried hammering on the shoulder of the CV Joint to pop it loose (on my 2007 Lincoln MKX, right side), my friend had me place a Ball Pien Hammer directly where I was striking before, and then stiffly striking the "ball" part of the stationary hammer with a second Ball Pien Hammer of equal or larger size. Damn, if the CV Axle didn't pop right off the spline! I was amazed! (I had previously tried a couple of different "fork" tools in addition to trying to hammer the joint loose for several hours! I had even tried a porta-jack to try and pres it out.) The "two hammer" approach works much better than anything else!

The handles on this $40 pair of tools need some chamfering to improve comfort.

I was a little worried as I got this to remove the rear cv axle on an 07 expedition. It's a little larger then the normal small car axles. Put it in there, 2 whacks with a large hammer and the axle poped right out. Easy as cutting butter. For the genius that tries to pry with it, it's soft so it doesn't scrape or damage the aluminum alloy housing of the differential. It spacer it comes with helps if you have a large gap. I'll be keeping this tool.

Seem high quality. It would be nice if they would sell just one at a reasonable price because one is all I ever need. Using this beats the dual giant screwdrivers/pry bar routine.

I tried for three hours to get an axle out. Pulling, wedging in screwdrivers, and pry-bars did not do it. I even went nuts and wrapped a cable around the inside face of the axle and then my jack and used the jack as a slide hammer. No luck. I bought these to go at it again the next weekend. Sliding the wedge tool in-between the trans. and the axle and hitting it twice on the end with a mallet had the axle out without a fuss.

I have not used this tool yet however having done many axles in the past I’m sure this will be great.

After struggling with trying to remove some half shafts with a pair of big pry bars and not having any success I was worried that I would crack or break a casting and really cost me some money. I found these online and they looked like exactly what I needed, and they were. They made short work of pulling the half shafts with no damage to the other parts.