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Re: Rear hub seals

To: cartman@dnai.com, toyman@digitex.net
Subject: Re: Rear hub seals
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:56:26 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM, Andrew.Griffith@ReadRite.com, spridgets@autox.team.net
You know...
I just had these things off a little more than a year ago when I was restoring 
my car, and heck if I can remember what I did to remove them back then. In any 
case, thanks again everyone for all the suggestions.

 - Bryan
 
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>Although it may be a bit unorthodox I used a 3/8 drive 15/16 socket ratchet 
side
>placed against the hub as an anchor point and used a large pulley puller to
>remove the hubs in a friends 73 Midget. The bearings were removed with a
>suitable drift, brass if possible, there were notched areas inside the hub to
>place the drift if I recall correctly. It has been a few beers since this was
>done. Ray, do you remember?..............
>
>Greg Gowins wrote:
>a good hub puller is a necessity.  Luckily I had a 3/4" wide, thick piece of
>metal I could use as the anchor point for the puller.  Otherwise, that portion
>of the removal can be a pain.
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