Re: Removing Hub from Axle on my '51- Assistance Please!

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/12/30 21:26:23

For really stubborn drums:

Insert a tire tool or some other suitable leverage device thru the backside of the puller and against the drum.

Use 1 arm to pull the drum and axle OUTWARD while strikeing the end of the puller bolt.

Tapers are relaesed by vibrating them loose. So all shock waves sent thru the assembly need to dissipate at the taper only. If the axle shaft is up against the spider shaft then a lot of the shock wave is going into the spider shaft and not the taper. SO that is why the assembly needs to be held OUTWARD with the prybar.

While pressure is on the puller, use a large heavy drift and a hammer and strike the hub snout (on the taper area) perpindicular to the axle shaft.

Using a 2 # or 3 # hammer there is nearly no way of damaging any suspension parts. THEY are tuff!!! They have to be.

In rare occasions i have ran into high key ways. ONly once. The key way was not cut deep enuf and the outer sprocket broached it way onto the shaft and key. These type of mass production flaw problems are nearly impossible to get off without heat or sometimes even with heat.