You are very correct in that these pullers can & do break.
I rented one about 13 years ago to pull the drums on my 60 & one of the legs
broke & flew about 20 feet from where the car was. Fortunately, I was
standing to the side & it missed me.
The correct type of puller is called a hub & drum puller.
This type attaches to studs that hold the wheel on as opposed to the type that
hook to outer edge of the drum. If you use the type that hooks to the perimeter
of the drum, the drum well separate from the hub rendering it useless as I found
out the hard way.
I have since purchased the correct type from Mac
Tools & paid about $125.00 & have had good luck with it.
John
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Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:21
PM
Subject: Re: IML: Drum Puller (was '56
Brake Questions)
You should be very careful with these pullers. They can (and
will)develop stress cracks. If the puller should bust while you are using it,
it can be very dangerous.
I didn't see the one on e-bay, but assuming
it is the correct type, I would like to point out that you must use the
correct puller on those cars or the axle can be seriously damaged.
I am
currently looking for a new one myself. Mine cracked when we were using it to
pull the rear drums off of my '56 Imperial a couple of weeks ago. It was over
10 years old, but I had only used it three times. In the meantime we rented
one from the local tool rental shop.
Paul
In a message dated
11/2/2003 6:32:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, parkerw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
writes:
> > > Here's a hub puller of the correct kind
on eBay, $50 is a > decent price too if it stays there: item
2440234948, nice > pic of it. > > > Bill Parker,
South Central Indiana > '62 Plymouth Max Wedge; '64 Dart Convertible
(Kathi's car); > '65 Imperial; '65 Barracuda \6 (Kathi's other car); '68
Hemi > Roadrunner; '68 Barracuda Fastback 340-S; '69 Barracuda >
Fastback now 360 (20 y.o. son's car); '72 Cuda 340 > > >
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