11-09-2023, 11:32 PM
(11-09-2023, 09:37 PM)Peter Naulls Wrote: I'm following this with interest as I stripped the thread on a perfectly good original puller recently. My plan is to weld the puller on but, as the car is out of action anyway I can afford to put it off for another day and see what solution you find!
That's what I did the first time I tried. Then I welded the puller onto the hub and broke the welds... I didn't realise the big hammer breaks the taper... so welded it on again and it eventually let go. I cut the knackered threads off the old puller, then a hexagon with the good threads that remained, cut that in half and welded a three sided clamp with two bolts to tighten the screw threads onto the hub. A three legged puller then worked well and in the last 15 years I have pulled several hubs with ease... until yesterday! I'll need to make frankenstein no 2... anyone got a useless dead hub puller they can't bear to chuck?