05-26-2014, 11:46 AM
(05-25-2014, 11:41 AM)Wongster Wrote: Trying to break the "grip" by knocking didn't work. I inserted a steel rod into the threaded end of the spindle and tried hitting it with a metal hammer hoping to break the "grip". The steel rod ended up with a slight mushroom on the end I hit.
This is why I was trying to explain that you want only a diameter to just barely fit into the thread I.D., but with as much mass as possible behind it. A sharp impact with mass bigger than the stuck live center is what you need...and a 10lb (5kg) sledge hammer hitting it.