Beyond any doubt, the rear wheel hubs to the rear axles on Rootes car the
tightest things on the whole car, I would swear that you could break the car
in half with less effort then to pull a rear wheel hub. And when it comes
off!!!! Mine went through the side of my garage (I am glad that the guy that
loaned me the hub puller warned me!!!).
Jan
Ian Spencer <ian@sunbeamalpine.org> wrote:
Early SI's had the course splines, but that changed sometime during the
Series I production run to the other spline. Can any one provide me with
that Serial number for wheen that changed? Curt, do you know?
Robert Wiseman wrote:
>
> It's true what they say about getting the rear hubs off the axle.
> Yesterday in my work to move from wire wheels to regular, I started the
> process of removing the hubs.
> I started by drilling out an old spinner and placing a bolt through the
> center and tightening it against the axle. Using my torque wrench and
> impact wrench, I managed after about and hour and a half to pull the center
> of the spinner out.
> Okay, now what. Slide hammer. I borrowed a slide hammer and spent
another
> hour pounding away with the slide. That got me sore elbow and shoulder.
> Then my friend came over and we chained up a 4 ton hydraulic press.
> Pressed it to the max, pounded and pounded with slide hammer. Let it sit
> for two hours.
>
> Okay, now the hubs are still on the axles and they are in the trunk of my
> car going to the machine shop tomorrow.
>
> That was fun.
>
> By the way, the splines on the axle are different between the Series I and
> Series IV or V. The Series I axle splines are more course.
>
> Rob
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Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
'61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
'61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9116754 OD LRX
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9117497 OD LRX
'64 Series IV Automatic B9401426 BW LRX
'67 Series V Alpine B395016967 LRX
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