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Old 06-15-2011 | 11:55 PM
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Default Broke Spindle pressing Hubs help.
So I was trying to press the hubs out of the axel the right one was siezed well. I tryed to have it pressed out and the spindle broke. I have a 99 Sport does anyone know if I have abs or not? I have been looking on car-part.com and trying to figure this out.
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Old 06-16-2011 | 05:15 PM
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Make sure you get a 99+ upright. The older ones are more narrow.
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Old 06-16-2011 | 10:21 PM
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your right just figured it out before I saw your reply thx its the upright.
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Old 06-27-2011 | 01:58 PM
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I'm a bit late to this but did you take out the snap ring that holds the hub in?
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Old 06-28-2011 | 09:39 AM
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dont know if mechanic did that I will check. I imagine he would he owns a few miata's and has worked on them before but you never know.
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Mine would have shattered had it not been the fact I was using a small tired HF press. That snap ring is a real PITA!
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