i have a 1987 suzuki samurai and my front driver bearing exploded. i cant get the peice off the axle that slides on after the bearings and connects to the locking hub. need to replace axle and that peice any ideas.

Please post pics of it so we can get a better idea of what part your talking about.

You need to take the locking hub completely off in order to get at the bearings and remove the axle shaft.

To do so, you need to remove the top of the locking hub then remove the snap ring that fits over the end of the axle shaft itself.

Once the snap ring is removed, you can unbolt the rest of the locking hub mechanism from the hub to get access to the outer wheel bearings.

Here is how you disassemble the axle in order to completely remove the axle shaft and get at the inside bearing:

http://www.acksfaq.com/samuraifrontaxle.htm

I hope that this helps!