[azw]

I really do appreciate your advice! The technique has been very helpful, but it's also moral support. As you said, this goes on so long that it feels really demoralizing. What is this, my third day of working on the axles?

How many hours do you think you were pounding on this thing before it moved? And how many did it take once it started moving? Were you really wacking away at it?

Did the axle still qualify as a core when you were done?

Yeah, after studying the new axle and the original, it looks like the race is a very thin ring, at least the part I could possibly pound on. And the actual race isn't visible from the back side, where I'd need to hit it. Plus, the exhaust is pretty much in the way. So that doesn't look promising at all.

Tonight I did get 1/16 - 1/8" movement by using the large cold chisel as a wedge between the bearing support and the axle weight.

This may make you feel better about your technique: I can't see any motion resulting from hitting the CV joint case horizontally. Maybe that's effective only after the bearing has already been moved some.

I am leaving the chisel wedged in place overnight. Maybe that'll give it the idea.

Thanks, Art