Jeffds1360 Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) Just done a deal on Ebay and got the pair for a good price. Available to any local members or anyone willing to pay return postage Now..... how to use the puller ! the wheel studs on my old half shaft are out so I'll have to re-fit and tighten them in. I guess I can use wheel nuts to pull the splines back in and then.... do I use the wheel nuts on the puller? Assuming I fit them backwards to get a flat face? Wish me luck for tomorrow when I attempt to find what caused that dumph dumph dumph last year I've swapped the sring compressor for a bearing puller if anyone need a loan. Edited May 23, 2021 by Jeffds1360 Thread drift to seat options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Can you push the studs in finger-tight then fit the puller and the nuts over that, so that as you tighten the nuts the studs are pulled in first before they exert pressure on the hub? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 my puller the holes are chamfered to accept the cone of the wheel nut but if not yes fit the nut plain side to the puller do you also have the bush to protect the shaft threads ??? Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 No bush Pete, perhaps that's why I got it cheaper? He did say no 'cap's like the new ones??? I'll post a picture or two. Do they look ok? 60 notes the pair ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Sorry Colin, i missed your comments, yes that could be a way but I can just 'wind' them in without the puller. Wish I had some spare nuts hope my road wheels don't twist when I remove a nut.... or 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 This is my Puller Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 ?? so I have only got half of it??? What is the top bit all about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Here's the original article, slightly longer / deeper with that side flange for leverage. Wheel nuts appear to sit in chamfered holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 (edited) that top unit is for pulling the bearing/trunion housing off the drive shaft the shaft bush is the little bit in the centre Ive always managed to drift the shaft out of the bearing hsg , with a big vice and a club hammer and just bounce it all rounds the workshop ha note Colins pic shows an anti rotation bar , something yours wont have Pete Edited May 13, 2021 by Pete Lewis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 32 minutes ago, Jeffds1360 said: ?? so I have only got half of it??? What is the top bit all about? The top is used for splitting the hub . I’ve not used this part as not applicable to the mk2 Vitesse with doughnuts Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 Oh well. Learning curve. The half shaft is off the car as I fitted a replacement that has had only 20 years use. I have 'bounced' my original around the garage numerous times, resulting in a strained shoulder and a damaged elbow! It is not something I need to do but am seeing it as a challenge. If I get the hub of I will consider new bearings as required and keep it as a spare. Hope the axle is not scored! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted May 13, 2021 Report Share Posted May 13, 2021 What I found, The Hard way!, is that the base of the puller MUST be bolted flat to the hub to prevent distortion of the hub flanges. My puller was constructed from a Thick Pipe flange, 2" scaffold tube and a very large nut. Welded up. Extremely "industrial" but worked. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Lewis Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 both halves of the pullers are available via your club shop so get one for future arm dislocating shaft bouncing antics https://shop.tssc.org.uk/product/bearing-puller and yes there is no picture !!!!! of it ( live in hope one day might give us a decent web shop ) Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Yes. I looked in the club shop magazine I got the other day, to compare prices. That is why I took the deal off E bay. Also postage was less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badwolf Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 4 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: ..live in hope one day might give us a decent web shop I can appreciate the amount of work involved taking or sourcing photos of shop items for sale, but if we are to have a club shop for members to support, every item needs a decent photo and description. The other main suppliers do it, fleabay and Shamazon do it for most product, but having gone through the agro of second guessing what to search on, actually finding something that may or may not be the correct item, I want to look at it and read the spec before committing to buy. The club shop is a good resource but in this day of e-commerce needs a total rethink in presentation to survive. Even Padd*cks use the Rimm*rs or C*nley sites for visual reference. Bet they don't try the shop site. Lack of presentation is losing the shop trade. I know this because it's lost mine on numerous occasions due to.....can't find, can't see, description poor (search on bearing puller, description, "works in conjunction with hub puller" ---really), postage too much. Yes, I know you can phone and negotiate postage but then why have an on-line shop. It just doesn't work for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68vitesse Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 18 hours ago, Pete Lewis said: Colins pic shows an anti rotation bar , something yours wont have Picked up a large stilson at an autojumble, when such things where permited, works well as an anti rotation device on my hub puller. Regards Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 I'm thinking of putting the half shaft in my bench vice, nipping it by the trunnion I do not have a suitable socket for the hub puller but have an ancient box spanner that fits. I need to find a decent bar to fit in this. I also need nuts so I'm going to Jack car up and use all 4 from the f/o/s. I can see a large hammer being used as I do not have a long bar My only worry is damaging my nuts I'll get back in a couple of hours (wife away for a few days and house work and prepping T comes first) edited to say.... it is such a faff taking the chrome hub caps and trims off, that's why just one wheel off to get some nuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Well. Waste of time. Took an hour plus just to insert the wheel studs! Damn spines would not line up so cleaned in and out and eventually they pulled in. Put the shaft in vice and attached puller. Nipped up, put box spanner on and......no bar I had would fit in turning holes, ended up using a large screwdriver!....started slipping, tighten vice... still slipped. Tighten to max available....still slips. Time for T with a 3 wheel car! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jeffds1360 said: Well. Waste of time. Took an hour plus just to insert the wheel studs! Damn spines would not line up so cleaned in and out and eventually they pulled in. Put the shaft in vice and attached puller. Nipped up, put box spanner on and......no bar I had would fit in turning holes, ended up using a large screwdriver!....started slipping, tighten vice... still slipped. Tighten to max available....still slips. Time for T with a 3 wheel car! You need and impact wrench for this one Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Ok Paul. Cheers. Will the electric one I got for my wheel nuts do? Showing below Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 9 minutes ago, Jeffds1360 said: Ok Paul. Cheers. Will the electric one I got for my wheel nuts do? Showing below Yes being mains powered it should have enough NM . mine came from Lidl and 330nm Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 (edited) great. Might Give it a go later but probably tomorrow.... no rush and my back hurts. Damn.... no socket that size! Edited May 14, 2021 by Jeffds1360 No socket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Lindsay Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 56 minutes ago, Jeffds1360 said: Put the shaft in vice and attached puller. Nipped up, put box spanner on and......no bar I had would fit in turning holes, ended up using a large screwdriver!....started slipping, tighten vice... still slipped. Tighten to max available....still slips. That's why the original version had that bit that Pete refers to as an anti-rotation bar... you're turning against the vice as opposed to turning against the axle. Surely if you're clamping the trunnion housing in the vice it shouldn't slip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffds1360 Posted May 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Problem is that the axle rotates in the trunnion Colin. I'll give it a break today. I'll get it on the floor tomorrow and use a crowbar to wedge it somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteH Posted May 14, 2021 Report Share Posted May 14, 2021 Get as much "load" on as it will stand. Take the spanner off and hit the end of of the puller bolt very hard. The impact is often all that is needed to shock the release. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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