1) Soak with penetrant. Be patient it may take days of repeated application.
2) Heat with a torch, then quench with cold water. Then bolt a slide hammer
to the hub and use it to apply outward pressure. Repeat as often as
necessary.
3) If all else fails, a stick of dynamite usually will separate them. <g>
Regards,
Lew Palmer
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mg-t@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mg-t@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Bud Krueger
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 8:54 PM
To: MG List; mg-t
Subject: Stuck wire wheel
My 'new' 52TD has the TF wire wheel conversion. It hasn't been on the road
since '66, ergo, the wire wheels have grown quite attached to their hubs.
Any
hints on how to get them to break off their intimate relationships? Please
don't tell me to drive the car in circles with the knockoffs loosened. That
stage is probably three years down the road. Is there an existing puller
that
can be used? Has anyone modified a gear puller to grab the lip behind the
outermost spokes? TIA.
--
Bud Krueger
http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
52TD (x2)
77MGB
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