Don’t buy cheap hub puller

[STAGG]

What’s everyone’s recommendation for drum puller?

I should have known better but I bought a drum/hub puller from Amazon. It worked for pulling one drum but the threads stripped while pulling the other. I was able to rig it with my slide hammer and get it off. Don’t buy cheap puller from Amazon…Or do, and have a cool slide hammer attachment.

Pro tip: If you use a slide hammer to bang on stuff, wrap a towel around the handle and hold the towel ends while hammering so you don’t jar your hands.

 

[MeAgain]

Thank you.

I'm looking at OTC.

 

[STAGG]

Thank you.

I'm looking at OTC.

That’s the one I think I’ll get after I return this one

 

[alpina72]

Always a good idea to apply a liberal coating of grease on the threads of those cheap pullers before use.
On all pullers really but it's especially important on the cheap China ones.

 

[53A1]

Wrong one. Get one that you smack the arm with a hammer. I have an OTC.

 

[Militarymetal]

Wrong one. Get one that you smack the arm the with a hammer. I have an OTC.

Yep. That’s the one.

 

[Militarymetal]

What’s everyone’s recommendation for drum puller?

I should have known better but I bought a drum/hub puller from Amazon. It worked for pulling one drum but the threads stripped while pulling the other. I was able to rig it with my slide hammer and get it off. Don’t buy cheap puller from Amazon…Or do, and have a cool slide hammer attachment.

Pro tip: If you use a slide hammer to bang on stuff, wrap a towel around the handle and hold the towel ends while hammering so you don’t jar your hands.


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I usually wear welding gloves for heavy stuff like that. They’ve saved my hands and fingers many times from being smacked.

 

[mikvar]

A hub puller was the first “special” tooli bought. Got the OTC and it worked like a champ

 

[MeAgain]

Also, a little heat helps too. But only a little.
Cookies bake in the oven at 425° for 15 minutes.
You should NEVER heat a part above 300° for more that 8 to 10 minutes.

 

[Daryl]

There are a dozen good ones on ebay right now. This really is a must have tool for anyone still running a tapered rear axle. My favorite one is this Snap-On one. It has never failed to pop any hub right off with very little effort.

 

[STAGG]

Always a good idea to apply a liberal coating of grease on the threads of those cheap pullers before use.
On all pullers really but it's especially important on the cheap China ones.

Yeah, I used a good grease but it didn’t help…still stripped

 

[Bubblehead617]

And be sure ya leave the axle nut on the axle loosely. That keep the hub & drum from cracking yer shins & knees when they pop loose from the axle!

 

[mikvar]

And be sure ya leave the axle nut on the axle loosely. That keep the hub & drum from cracking yer shins & knees when they pop loose from the axle!

I used this tip first time I used the puller. Worked like a champ, felt like an old time pro!

 

[Pancho400cid]

Get one that you smack the arm with a hammer.

Like the one linked below?:

OTC 7394 Puller link



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[duffer]

Like the one linked below?:

OTC 7394 Puller link



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Yep. My OTC version is about 6 decades old and has never had a problem.

 

[jeep2003]

There are a dozen good ones on ebay right now. This really is a must have tool for anyone still running a tapered rear axle. My favorite one is this Snap-On one. It has never failed to pop any hub right off with very little effort.

Dang thats ancient! I have a snap-on one but it looks like the otc one its probably made my them id bet. I have 3 or 4 different brands they all work havnt broke any yet.

 

[pat w]

And be sure ya leave the axle nut on the axle loosely. That keep the hub & drum from cracking yer shins & knees when they pop loose from the axle!

This is good advice for people doing this job for the first time. You wouldn't believe how much force you are dealing with

 

[timgr]

There are a dozen good ones on ebay right now. This really is a must have tool for anyone still running a tapered rear axle. My favorite one is this Snap-On one. It has never failed to pop any hub right off with very little effort.
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Large diameter shaft and fine thread are both strong and provide more leverage than a coarser pitch or smaller diameter.
Nice tool - something to look for.

 

[liquids]

This is good advice for people doing this job for the first time. You wouldn't believe how much force you are dealing with

The first time I removed a hub with that I was sitting not in line with the axle, only because the number and force of the whacks I was giving it with the 5 lb hammer required me to be off to the side. When that thing popped I thought it was going to go through the garage wall. Yeah, leave the axle nut on a few threads and don't be in the firing line.

 

[jeepdaddy2000]

And be sure ya leave the axle nut on the axle loosely. That keep the hub & drum from cracking yer shins & knees when they pop loose from the axle!

Along with this,
run the puller down till it doesn't want to go any further, then give the screw end a good strike with a BFH. The hub will usually "pop" off.