Anything and everything Herald. Talk about anything from the first 948s to the last 13/60s.
OK folks, I've followed the advice and contacted my local area, who were very helpful but did not actually have a hub puller to loan or hire. I then did
the decent thing and bought one from TSSC headquarters.
Having raced home I then clamped the half shaft in the vice, tried a good pull on a socket on the extractor bolt ... nothing. I then tried a 5 foot
extension bar on the socket on the extractor bolt ... nothing. I tried a hot air gun on the hub ... nothing. I tried again after lots of WD 40 ... nothing,
although by now I needed a sit down.
Has anyone any ideas or do I need to buy a new half shaft and hub etc.?
PS. The hydraulic puller I had originally bust on this '****' hub is the one awarded best buy in the product test in this months 'Car Mechanics' Magazine -
at least the club extractor didn't give in so easily.
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Posted By : Matthew Holland, 19-Jul-2003,
10:03am
I recently bought and used a club hub puller. I pulled the hub while it was still attached to the car. I ended up with a 4 foot scafold pole and nearly
lifting up the back of the car before things let go with such an almighty bang that I though the world had ended! I was certain that something must
have broken, but everything was intact (except my nerves).
I now have a very nice shiney red paper-weight on my bookshelf untill my other halfshaft decides to do the klunk-klunk-klunk thing.
Matt
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Posted By : Darren Groves,
14-Dec-2003, 06:11pm
I've just done this job, never again!! Take the cowards way out and buy a complete reconditioned unit from Canley's for
£150.......
Darren
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Posted By : Adrian Lee, 19-Jul-2003,
10:06am
Stephen... are there any haulage companies in your area that do their own servicing? The hub pullers required to take hubs off wagons and trailers are
fairly meaty items and, I'm sure, would remove your hubs. Have a chat and offer a few quid to one of the fitters and I'm sure they would do it for you.
Hubs do become bleeding tight over time though it should be possible to do at home.
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Posted By : John Davies, 19-Jul-2003,
07:41pm
Stephen,
In common with several other advisors, I can assure you that, given enough encouragement, your Churchill hub puller WILL remove the hub.
Try squirting some penetrating oil in every slit and orifice of the hub. Also (I risk a roasting from he-who-must-not-be-named, and I don't mean
Voldemort) heating with a hot air gun is a bit girly. Be a man - use a flame! A butane torch will get the hub hotter, and as you will need to replace
all the oilseals, no harm done.
I would suggest heating until some oil (melted grease) runs out and catches fire (!). Further heating is pointless, as any more heat just melts more
grease rather than making the hub hotter. (Latent heat and all that - remember?)
Don't forget to do this in a wooden garden shed, with the door closed, next to your 50 gallon petrol store that leaks, while wearing nylon overalls and
smoking a cigarette.
No, really. Heat helps.
John
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Posted By : Adrian Lee, 20-Jul-2003,
10:18am
in this case John your advice of using heat is totally correct,unlike the last occasion.
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Posted By : John Davies,
20-Jul-2003, 10:32am
Don't forget the cigarette - most important.
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Posted By : Adrian Lee,
20-Jul-2003, 04:16pm
Could not agree with you more John............roll ups of course
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Posted By : Stephen Peterson,
21-Jul-2003, 04:58pm
Hi folks, Many thanks to all concerned - a truly inspiring discussion and as informative as ever!
I'm now off to the shed in my oily, paint soaked overalls, clutching a blow lamp and a lump hammer.
Steve
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Posted By : Stephen
Peterson, 23-Jul-2003, 10:38am
Just to add that the club hub puller retains it's 100% record.
I used the 'extension bar till it would move no more followed by the 4lb hammer' technique advocated by Bill. I was going to follow
on with fire as advocated by John but I was concerned that as I don't smoke and don't have a fuel store I might not be able to
fully follow the purist technique.
Once again, Many thanks
Steve
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Posted By : William Davies, 19-Jul-2003,
08:40pm
I haven't used the club hub puller, but I have used the original Churchill tool on which it's based with a 100% success rate.
An extension bar and constant force won't be adequate (in my experience) - repeatedly hit the bar hard in the direction of rotation with a 4lb (at
least) lump hammer. Once the bar feels like it's tightened as far as it will go, you will need to put at least another 1/4 or 1/2 turn before the hub
releases with a large bang.
However good any non-specialised hub puller may be, it is liable to distort the hub long before enough force is exerted to release it from the shaft.
The critical design aspect of the Churchill tool is that it affixes to the wheel face of the hub rather than forces on the thinly cast edges,
Cheers,
Bill.