Axle wedge removal tool assembly

An axle wedge removal tool assembly for securement to an externally threaded axle stud directed through a hub having a conically truncated axle wedge aligning the axle stud in locking association with the hub housing, the assembly comprising,

• a coaxially aligned elongate body including an upper end spaced from a lower end, the elongate body including securement means adjacent the lower end for securement of the elongate body to the axle stud, and
• an elongate impact tool slidably receivable through the upper end of the elongate body for impacting the tool lower end against an upper end of the stud, and
• wherein the elongate body includes a first coaxially aligned through-extending bore extending in a direction from the upper end to the lower end coextensively through the elongate body and defined by a first diameter, and a threaded counter bore extending in a direction from the lower end and coaxially aligned with and in communication with the first bore and spaced from the upper end defined by a second diameter greater than that of the first diameter and defined by a second length less than that of a first length defined by the first bore, and
• wherein the elongate impact tool is formed of a cylindrical main body of complementary configuration to the first bore to effect alignment of the impact tool relative to the first bore and the counter bore, and
• including a roughened first surface formed exteriorly of the elongate body and extending from the first end to a position remote from the second end, and a smooth external surface extending from the second end formed about the elongate body, and
• wherein the impact tool lower end is blunt for impacting communication with the upper end of the stud, and
• wherein the impact tool includes a collar positioned about the impact tool remote from the blunt end and wherein the impacting tool is securable to an impact driver.