>Some of us with very worn splines on the wire wheels can have
considerable
>slop when turning the drive shaft that does not implicate the
>differential. People with bolt on wheels don't have to factor this
into
>the equation.
>
>Bill Lewis
>Series II (with very worn splines...someday I will replace them...but
>those rear hubs are a real pain to pull)
I had a ton of slop on my wire hubs (when I had wires).
The problem turned out to be a worn key and keyway, and not the splines.
Anyhow, Joe Missuraca showed and allowed me to use a tool that he fabricated to remove my wire splined hubs.
The tool was very simple and effective.
It consisted of two old knock-offs with a 5/8 inch hole drilled in the center. One for the lefts, and one for the rights,
Through the hole was inserted a fine pitched hub puller threaded rod. It had a simple nut that butted up against the insides of the knock-off. The knock off was tightened down with the nut and rod already installed. When the threaded rod was tightened, the chamfered end of the rod pushed on the axle, and the counter-force pulls the hub off the axle shaft. For extra force, you can wrap a hammer on the knock-off.
It worked very well, and if you aready have a good pully puller or a conventional axle hub puller, and a few knock-offs, you allready have everything that you need to do the job.
I Hope the drawings come out, here goes.
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The threaded puller rod.
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The knock off.
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The nut.
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Everything together.
Jarrid Gross