Yea I second-we recently bent one by taking to a truck stop --they used a 30
ton press and bent it real nice....
Send off.....
af
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert M. Lang <LANG@ISIS.mit.edu>
To: bdstinocher@sewsus.com <bdstinocher@sewsus.com>
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 4:42 PM
Subject: re: Removing Rear Hubs
>
>Hi,
>
>Do not use a universal press for this job. You will ruin the hub.
>
>Do not use a standard wheel puller. You will ruin the hub.
>
>What you need is the correct Churchill tool - these are very hard to come
>by. There is also an option that I read about in the Len Renkenburger book
>"Six Tech" whereby our hero uses a four-legged wheel puller and a thick
>steel plate to pull against.
>
>The problem for the standard methods of separation is that the back side of
>the hub flange is not parallel to the front side. If you support the flange
>by the back side and apply force, it will bend.
>
>Bent flanges are useless.
>
>In the Len method, you put the plate on the wheel flange and then connect
>the 4-legged thingie to the studs and tighten everything down good and
>snug. This way, when you tighten the "big bolt" down, you're pulling on the
>entire surface of the flange.
>
>Also note: another problem with takin' these things apart is that the
>puller needs to push against the end of the axle stub. Take the nut off and
>put it back on again _backwards_ so the center of the puller is pushing
>against the nut and not the shaft itself. If you skip this step, you're
>going to ruin your axle stub.
>
>Bob's recommendation - send the hub intact to Apple Hydraulics, TRF, Dave's
>Something-or-other in NC or to a local shoppe that specializes in British
>cars and let them have at it.
>
>This is not a job for the light hearted.
>
>I've bent a couple of flanges, I know what I'm talking about. And those
>things really stick together!!! I've seen > 20 tons of force used to
>unsucessfully try to take them apart. More than 20 tons is plenty of force
>to ruin the flange!!
>
>Good luck, and talk to me off-line if you need pointers.
>
>rml
>TR6's
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