[AT] Quiet list and tapered axles

[Richard Strobel]

Here it is Bruce and that's exactly the puller Dad had.  See where you SMACK 
it on the end?

http://www.autohobbydigest.com/axlepul.html


Hope this helped
RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Fallon" <bfallon at whidbey.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 8:52 PM
Subject: [AT] Quiet list and tapered axles


> List is very quiet.
>
> Anybody have any ideas how to remove a brake drum from a tapered axle 
> shaft.
> I was trying to remove the one on my Huber,  I put a piece of angle iron
> with another piece of steel over the end of the axle shaft and against the
> nut loosened but still on it and tightened bolts in the lug bolt holes to
> apply pressure to the end of the shaft as a puller and beat on the drum 
> and
> heated the center of the hub but finally had to give up.  I put the nut 
> back
> on loose and graded with it for a while but when checked later it was 
> still
> tight.  I had heard in the old days of dodges and studebakers with the
> tapered hubs that was a trick to loosen the nut and drive them until they
> moved.  I don't want to beat on the end of the shaft and bell it to where
> the nut cannot be put back on.
>
> Bruce Fallon
> Freeland WA. 98249
> bfallon at whidbey.com
>
>
>
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