Re: brake drum refinishing, rear hub removal

From: chuck nicodemus (armorseal(at)iccom.com)
Date: Mon Mar 22 1999 - 09:07:46 CST


Scott Donnelly / Journey's End Marina wrote:

> . As long as
> I have everything apart, I'd like to bead blast and paint the hubs and brake
> drums. Any recommendation on drum paint? Original color? I'm thinking of
> your basic high heat engine paint, semigloss black.

This is my thought in black.

>
>
> One more question re: rear hub removal. The archives mention using a drilled
> out splinned hub knock off to make a hub puller. A nut is placed on the
> inside of the knock off and a sharpened bolt through the knock off and nut
> from the outside. Won't this inside nut spin as the bolt is threaded in
> against the axle?

I just purchaced a real nice wheel pully puller from the famous Sears, imeadatly
went home tried in vain to remove rear hub to replace the seal and promptly
busted one of the new pullers' legs.
What else can we do before resorting to (heat on the hub) ?

>
> Am I missing something here?

I then went back to the book and found no new ideas>>>>>(
Chuck series ll



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