Please tell me if someone has a sure fire way to remove the rear hubs on a 40 rear end. I don't have the funds to find one of those old school tools to do it with. Anybody have any cheap at home tricks? Anything is appreciated.
This sounds pretty crude to me, but no special tool required http://www.btc-bci.com/~billben/axle.htm
Do not pull the hub by the wheel studs. Maybe you can clamp a modern puller to the hub recess and use a puller from one of the auto parts stores (free rental). Make sure the brake shoes are retracted and the washer under the nut removed and the packing under the washer removed. Do use a nut at the end of the axle so the axle end does not mushroom. It sometimes takes a LOT of pressure even overnight to get them off, sometimes not so much. Check with Mac VanPelt he may rent the proper puller???
Never tried it on a Ford but on a VW you loosened the nut one turn, put the cotter pin back in, and drove home from work and it was loose. Good luck.
Yes, but the VW axle is straight splined into the splined drum. It also took a 3/4 drive socket and 3 foot long breaker bar to tighten them, forget about the torque wrench, just lay on that breaker bar. The result of not tight nut is the axle gradually wiping the splines out of the cast iron drum.
Put a want ad up in the cl***ifieds to see if a HAMBer in your area will stop over with a hub puller and help you out. If you were near me I'd help you out. Lots of helpful guys on here.
Easy to make a puller.....for a ford. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/tech-lo-buck-early-ford-hub-drum-puller.575135/
Ive heard of taking a long chain and tightening to drum with a lug nut. Then whip the chain. Never tried it myself.
We rent the proper puller tool...... http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/FH_images/Ch***is parts pics/brakedrum-pullertool.jpg Saves your axles. This brute does the job.
You need to put your location on your profile page. I might be just down the block from you and could loan you the proper puller.
You really should use the proper tool, I too have one and would loan it if you lived close. OR, you could loosen the nut and drive around in circles with the hub you want to remove on the inside of the circle, until you hear a pop. But, anything other than a good puller, messing things up further is likely.
I've let folks borrow mine several times. Can't really do the job without it. I'm in SOKY, where u at ? Rich
I use a crows foot. I know that you are not supposed to use the lugs but I have never had a problem using them. Good luck maybe one of the fellas is close enough to help you.
The manufactured piece is a real beast...nice and heavy. Works like a champ. I've had mine for 10 years and don't remember the cost...
I have a regular automotive puller that I put on the resess, a little heat and PB and patients it will go. Done some seriously locked hubs that way. If near bako would be glad to loan the puller.
I had an old timer (and I am 72) tell me the trick of using a knocker like in the link below is to jack up the opposite side to let the play in the gears let the axle move.
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