RE: Tapered Axle Hub Puller

[Kevin Merkley <krmerkley@xxxxxxxxx>]

I talked to Don Dulmage a few months ago about axle removal (after the 
hub was gone) and he said that what he uses is a piece of chain.  Attach 
it to the axle and the throw the chain away from the axle.  The slack in 
the chain will eventually tighten and snap thereby jerking the axle out.

I have also used that method for removing the hubs on a FWD car.

Sometimes the "old" ways are simple and effective.

Regards,

K.


Paul Lennemann wrote:
> 
> I bought my puller off of Ebay.  Can't remember just now but it is made 
> by one of the major tool mfg's like Snap-On.  It was missing one of the 
> legs and the ad said a replacement could be purchased.  I didn't check 
> and later found out that wasn't true.  So I had to make a replacement 
> leg.  Did this with a piece of 1/2" steel.  Works good.  I have always 
> used the wrench behind the nut technique to pop the axles free, never 
> had any trouble.
> 
> Paul L.
> '63 Sport Fury
> 440/727
> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/ml-lennemann63.html
> 
> William Cole wrote:
> > 
> > If anyone is interested, I have a axle/hub puller made by Snap-On. It's
> > a slide hammer type and is not the wimpy light weight puller. It
> > probably weighs, (without actually weighing it), about 25 to 30 pounds.
> > If this puller won't pull even the most stubborn hub or axle, you
> > probably need to change out the complete rearend. 
> > It's not a cheapy by any means and I'm not giving it away. Check with
> > Snap-On for a price, even if they still make it, which I'm in doubt.
> > Let me know if you're interested.
> > 
> > Bill C.
> > PS: It wouldn't be cheap to ship either because of the weight.
> > On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:28:16 +0000, "Dennis C." <dennis.2914@xxxxxxxxx>
> > said:
> > > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > If anyone is looking for a puller for the tapered axle hubs here is the 
> > > one I found:
> > > 
> > > http://www.rimactools.com/storefront/ProductDetail.asp?varSessionID=645174341&varIgnoreMC=&Prd_ID=0151&Cat_Name=Pullers
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Not very  big compared to the old style pullers but it works great on my 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 63 Sport Fury.
> > > 
> > > Just big enough to bolt up on 3 studs, tightened the puller bolt and 
> > > gave is a wack on the end of the puller bolt and off came the hubs.
> > > 
> > > If the link did not come through it is a Rimac #0151.
> > > 
> > > Dennis C.
> > > 
> > > 1996 Dodge Ram 3500 Van Conversion
> > > 1964 Plymouth Belvedere 318 Auto
> > > 1963 Plymouth Sport Fury 383 4-speed
> > > 1949 Dodge Pickup 289/C4 soon to be changed
> > > 1998 Honda Valkyrie Standard
> > > 
> > > 
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Kevin R. Merkley
Thunder Bay, Ontario
64 Dodge 440 2dr HT (Cdn)
64 Dodge Polara 500 Convertible (Cdn)


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