I've been reading as different members describe horrors related to various repairs of there Imperials. And while I applaud anyone who can save a few bucks during the process, my experience has taught me that "tools" is not the place to cut corners. The MAC puller referenced below is a quality tool. (and it's not cheap) Sure you can get the same tool at Harbor Freight for a fraction of the cost. But it WILL NOT do the same job. I have seen people spend many a frustrating hour trying to accomplish something with inferior tools, only to fail. I'll walk up with Snap-On, Mac or good Craftsman tools and perform the same task in seconds. To me the better tools are worth it. Just my .02 Ken 67 Crown 4 Dr Ht 68 LeBaron 4 Dr Ht -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kenyon Wills Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 11:10 AM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: 61 rear brake drum challenge --- spicemanii@xxxxxxx wrote: > The hub puller I have is from Mac Tools. I bought > the extra legs, so it has 5 and not 3. The part # for the > puller: PP827B. The 2 more legs that you also want > are #PP827B-2. The assembly was $145.99 and the 2 > extra legs were $99.10. They paid shipping. Joe > Machado > Joe is right on with that information. If the MAC tool fails to pull your drum off, especially with a good pneumatic impact wrench driving it (manual stuff is for the birds in my book), your junk just isn't coming apart and you might want to pass and move forward to a replacement axle or cut your drum off. I have plenty of grease on the tool's threads and on the face where it meets and spins on the axle spindle too, so that my twisting force is retarded as little as possible by friction where there's metal twisting on metal. I pulled a pair of 1960 Fury (tapered) drums (that I'd never pulled off before) yesterday with this discussion in mind as I did it. once the tool was set up and snug, each drum took less than 15 seconds of pneumatic impact wrench pressure to pop, and that's about normal per my experience. I keep expecting to get a "stubborn" drum that matches the tightness of the drums that so many others seem to have, but it just hasn't happened on the 10+ axles I've done... Kenyon Wills ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm