Tool for removing axle spindles

An improved tool construction for removing a spindle from an axle housing including:

• (a) a housing having continuous, closed side wall means terminating in an open first end and an opposite axially spaced second end;
• (b) end wall means mounted on the second end of the side wall means;
• (c) a circular opening formed in the center of the end wall means adapted to receive an end of a spindle therethrough;
• (d) abutment means adapted to be inserted through the open first end of the housing and mounted on the spindle end within the housing and engageable with the housing end wall means;
• (e) first attachment means provided on the housing side wall means;
• (f) slide hammer means including a rod, a weight slidably mounted on the rod, and a stop mounted on one end of the rod;
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• (g) second attachment means mounted on the other end of the rod opposite of the stop and releasably engageable with the first attachment means on the housing side wall means to operatively mount the slide hammer means on the housing adjacent the open first end for applying an axial force on said housing and on the spindle through engagement of the housing end wall means with the abutment means to remove a spindle from an axle housing.