front wheel hub 1999 STS wont come off!!

[Dadillac]

Hiljak

Any update? Just wondering how it went.

Don

[JohnnyG]

Since this "hammer" thing is still alive, I want to add that I saw it happen once, about 30 years ago. A friend of mine was using two hammers, hitting the faces together in order to drive the claw of one under a nailhead. A chip flew off of the one being hit and imbedded itself into his bicep. He actually looked into a nearby wooded area to see who "shot" him before he realized what had happened.

This was a long time ago, but no doubt that it was true at one time. These days, special tempering techniques are used to "ring temper" the faces of hammers to prevent this from happening. Further, these were two claw hammers, each designed to drive (soft steel) nails. They were never intended to be used to hit other hardened surfaces. It is much more likely that ball peen hammers, and sledge hammers (even small ones) will be used to strike harder steel objects, so makers are more careful in the amount of hardness these tools are given.

In the end, there are no guanantees that you won't put your eye out by striking two hammer faces together. Use the proper protective equipment at ALL times.

[BodybyFisher]

Thanks Johnny, I hadn't thought about that hardened vs hardened point. When you do tap them together you can feel the severe shock in you hand, its freakin solid, and you could see it fracturing