poppyman Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 I once had a home made slide hammer for removing half shafts. Talk about over engineered it took two people to use it, but it never failed to get a shaft out. People would come for miles to borrow it. The churchill one we had was good, but not like the "Boss" as we called it. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger K Posted February 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 I also have one like that. I can't remember (again) where I got it, but it really needs two to operate as it's seriously heavy. Not sure I'd want to use a slide hammer like that on a weedy Triumph rear hub, I suspect the tool and half the diff would end up on the floor... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted February 24, 2021 Report Share Posted February 24, 2021 Have something similar for my Vitesse rear hubs made by a local one man band engineering firm from a flanged pipe, also used it to remove the drive shafts from the front wheel hubs when I had a 1500FWD. Proper tools remove the prospect of damage and make the job lot easier. Hope you get the wheel stud problem resolved. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger K Posted February 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 Well, I removed the Bastuck rear hubs and cleaned everything up for reassembly. I cleaned and painted the old original hubs, and checked them for the grease seal landing - just about OK - and the fit to brake drum. Not OK. Someone, somewhere, in the dim distant past has removed these with a legged puller and they are not flat, with the drum rocking on the hub. A straight edge across the surface reveals some pretty deep dips which were so easy to see I didn't bother to measure with feeler gauges. One was much worse than the other, so I dug out one I bought on ebay a while back - no, just as bad. Eventually I decided to use the Bastuck hubs again. They look very nicely made, and are much more substantial than the Stanpart castings. I can't see any variation in PCD and frankly given the way they look I think that's pretty unlikely. However as I still don't know who makes Rimmers shiny black studs, I have fitted the ones I got from Canley Classics - no. 4 in my first photo. The metal just looks better, somehow.... and I don't trust the shiny look of the others, and I do trust CC. We'll see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted February 25, 2021 Report Share Posted February 25, 2021 its not unusual with the studs out can you get the old hubs face skimmed to make them useable spares ?? have had that done a few times Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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