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Can owners of the Hubtamer tool set send me a scanned file of their manual/instruction to me? If you can send me the hardcopy I promise that I will return it once I photocopy or scan it. Thank you. Email: sliu98@hotmail.com

Can anyone who owns an OTC Hubtamer Elite or Master tool set share the manual or instructions on how to use Hubtamer with me? I would prefer electronic version if possible (scanned file). I will return it once I copy the manual if the hardcopy of the manual is made available to me. Thank you. Email: sliu98@hotmail.com

On a 1998 Subaru Forester L. Is it possible to wiggle in the tone wheel behind the front hub; the wheel of the tone wheel seems slight larger than the hub (tone wheel is also called tone ring or toothed ring or Speed Sensor ring)?

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The pdf file with step-by-step detailed information including the tools and sources of the tools about front CV axle replacement is ready. if interested, PM to me with your email address.

I need to replace the front ABS tone wheel (or tone ring). Do I have to remove the front hub first in order to install the new tone wheel?

I will prepare a PDF file for the narrative of the experience I had with the replacements of two front CV axles (also called half-driveshafts). If interested, PM me and leave an email address so I can send it to you.

Does anyone have official instructions of OTC Hub Tamer Elite or Master Tool kit? I have several tools similar to most items in the Hub Tamer Tool kit. If anyone can send me a PDF file, that would be great! Thanks.

Finally after much struggle and trial-and-error, I solved this problem. I used a 8 in dike (diagonal cutter) with offset at the head. I used the dike to grab one stuck roll pin that is slightly stuck and pried the pin out of the hole and then I used a long pin punch with a diameter slightly larger than that of the inner diameter of the roll pin and drive the other roll pin out. And the rest was history. However, in an attempt to do the replacement of CV axle on the driver side, I accidently damaged the tone wheel (tone ring) for ABS sensor when I tried to drive out the old stuck CV axle from the front hub with a three-leg gear puller. Now, I need to remove the front hub to replace the tone wheel. Does anyone have practical idea of how to remove the front hub without removing steering knuckle? I have several tools for front ball bearing removal/installation from Harbor Freight Tools and supposedly hub puller/installer from the same vendor and a piece of weldment (the big curved piece used on the other side of the hub) that is part of the OTC Hubtamer Elite tool kit. I just don't know how to use the tools to remove and install the front hub. If you have OTC Hubtamer Elite or Master kit, could you send the scanned user manual to my PM? Thanks.

The one you can purchase separately from thetoolwarehouse.net for $64.95.

Have you done with it? Is the hubtamer OTC 6490, not OTC 6537?

I will try to use vise-grip first since I have few of them lying around. if that does not work, I will try to use wire cutters or dykes.

Someone suggested to me to use a pair of dykes (not lesbians) to grip the roll pin and then use leverage aginst the axle to pull the roll pin out. The dykes are wire cutter like tools, according to the source of the tip. Does anyone know what a pair of dykes are and where can I buy a pair? seanliu

John: Is that possible that the portion of the pin is collapsed and somehow "hooks" the splines of the output of the tranny? I remember that when the first pin stuck in the opening and I probed the hole with an undersized philip screwdriver from the other side, I noticed the screwdriver initially just barely passed the new axle's hole. I wiggled a little, then the screwdriver went through with some light resistance. I used a Lock Technology long axle pin punch designed for Subaru axle pin removal, the length of the punch is OK at the removal but too long for installation under the car (I can barely swing the hammer). Also you talked about force and patience, can you quantify them? I don't want to discover late that all I need is good and long repeated whacks to solve my woe. seanliu

Cookie: I will try one more time to hammer the sucker in before I drive away the car. I have basically exhausted my imaginations and probably others' trying to unstake the stuck pins. Thanks. seanliu