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RE: Rear Hub Puller - Churchhill copy

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Rear Hub Puller - Churchhill copy
From: Allen Hess <allenhess@mgcarclub.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:45:31 -0500
>  Randall wrote:
> "...Socket and a breaker bar, possibly with added 'cheater' over  
> the handle
> of the breaker bar.  Never use a torque wrench for this kind of  
> work, as
> overloading them will destroy their accuracy.  Don't use a ratchet  
> either.
>
> You'll also need a long, strong bar to hold the puller from  
> turning.  ISTR
> someone wrote that they used an Oldsmobile to hold the bar from  
> turning so
> they could devote both hands to the wrench...."
>
>
>
> I used a breaker bar with a 4' piece of pipe over it for more  
> torque and a
> smaller bar through the U-joint hole that I secured with my F-150  
> truck.  I
> was able to separate both hubs.  One fairly easily, but the other  
> one was
> rather nerve-racking.
>
> Hugh
>

The one thing I have not seen in this discussion is that after doing  
the above, you hit the bolt smartly with a BF hammer. My hubs jumped  
off the axle (solid axle TR4). Learned this from my Dad. If it  
doesn't work, tighten and repeat.

Allen Hess


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