Originally Posted by haaseg

There is no lock nut, only the cone. The cone itself has the male threads and the axle is actually flush with the outside of the bearing. Once I have removed one of the cones, there is no way to get any purchase to remove the other. After reading a lot of stuff online, I assumed that what I needed to do was punch the axle out from the side with the cone removed. However, with a dowel that was the diameter of the axle and a hammer and substantial force nothing would budge. Was reluctant to bang any harder as I was afraid I would ruin the whole thing.

What am I doing wrong? I don't actually want to remove the axel - I just want to flip up the seal and get new grease in there.