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I need to get the hubs off my 1930 745.

Can anyone provide a picture of the Packard hub-puller so that I can try to make one to assist in this job.

A friend of mine on the south coast had one that came with his 1934 phaeton but he let it go with the car !!!!

Any help would be appreciated.

This is the one I've used. There are a variety of similar types around, and also available on the market new. But I'm sure someone in your Packard circle has one or knows where one can be rented.

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Thanks Dave,

That's a beauty!

Does it just bolt onto 3 of the 8 wheel fixing holes?

I also see you left the nut on a few turns - clever you!

My 34 wheels are 6-lug so I used 3 arms, equally spaced every other lug. The unit came with 4 arms so for your 8-lug wheels I'd use 4, again equally spaced every other lug. As you can appreciate, you want to have the pulling forces evenly distributed around the bolt circle.

As to leaving the nut on a few turns, live & learn, I've done this job more than a few times! These drums hadn't been off since I relined the brakes about 40 years ago, yet they came off without any extreme efforts, just a few minutes - it took longer to set up the puller than the actual application of force. No dog bone on this particular puller, I used a 30 inch crescent wrench to tighten the shaft as tight as I could get it, and one modest wrap on the end of the shaft with a fairly heavy hammer. Don't forget to retract the linings a bit.

The reason for removing the drums was primarily to repack the rear wheel bearings, something that's all too often neglected. Also a good time to inspect the linings, lubricate the brake cables and clevis, and check the axle end-play (which did require a small adjustment).

These rears use dual opposed tapered roller bearings on each axle with an inner and outer race; spacers are behind the inner race for end play, which is a most annoying feature. If you get into this, let me know, if the needed adjustment is minor there is an alternative to continuously removing the inner race to add/subtract shims - that gets tiring in a rush.

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Sage advice as always.

I will investigate this one to see if its up to the job

toolsdirect2you.com/sykes-pickavant-12730600-hub-puller-5-leg.html

It ought to be good at the price! and I might hang on until a second-hand one comes up on ebay

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That looks like a GREAT one, adaptable to any number of wheel lugs. But what a price!! Maybe your PAC/UK region might consider buying it and keeping it as a loaner to members?

JCWhitney carries them. I thought that they ship international.

jcwhitney.com/jcwhitney/textsearch_result.jcw?sku=hub+puller&shopid=100001

Occasionally you'll see this Packard factory hub puller on Ebay or at swap meets. It works great.

Also shown in:

packardinfo.com/xoops/html/downloads/1930_PackardToolCatalog.pdf

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I had two of the hub pullers made for my 30 733. I had two made because it cost the same in labor, just had to pay the materials price.

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Plenty of different types on Ebay, even a few vintage ones:

ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Wooden-Wheel-HUB-PU ... &pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&vxp=mtr

ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-CAR-WHEEL-HUB-AXLE- ... Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr

ebay.com/itm/VTG-Waltham-Mosco-Wheel-Hub ... &pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&vxp=mtr