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Re: Tough Hub

To: "Nelson A. Riedel" <nriedel@nextek.net>
Subject: Re: Tough Hub
From: Rob Pennington <robp@ncsa.uiuc.edu>
Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 09:59:00 -0500
You might contact these guys about their experiences making hub pullers for 
this.  This is from the triumphs mailing list back in Jan.

Rob
74 TR6 Daily driver

>Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 11:47:55 -0500
>From: a Wallace <wallaces@superaje.com>
>Subject: 1 hub puller left

>Title says it. For those who didn't catch it the first time around, I had a
>batch of pullers made up for removing rear hubs on the TR3-6, for those
>people who spoke up saying they would want one.
>Circumstances are such that there is one unit left. To see how it looks, 
>visit:
>http://www.thelittlemacshop.com/trsite/download.html
>and you can view the schematic and instructions. Note that the one I have
>has been modified slightly from the one in Tony's drawing: in order to
>accommodate the TR3-6 range, rather than just the 6, the inner "hole" is
>deeper, at 2.7". Its diameter has also been increased to 2.85" for the
>first 0.3". Finally the bolt holes are bigger to cope with the shoulders on
>a TR3 wheel stud.
>The price is still $150, first come first served. If there is more demand,
>they can still be made by local machinist John Hamilton but he has made a
>further improvement and the price will be $225.
>Regards,
>Jim Wallace


At 09:39 AM 5/3/2001, Nelson A. Riedel wrote:
>Had the same problem years ago on a '76 hub.   Pressed on the hub so hard
>that it bent my 12 ton press and the flange.   I think sometimes you just
>can't get them apart without damaging the pieces.  Maybe that's why the
>rebuilt units cost so much.
>
>Now have a stack of hubs that need work so plan to make a puller similar to
>the Churchill tool.  That tool provided a heavy backing all the way around
>the flange so that it is less likely to distort.   One can buy the screw
>and nut for heavy duty pullers from some bearing retailers (Bearings Inc in
>Ohio).   I plan to go for a screw with 20 to 25 ton capability.   The rest
>of the tool will be fabricated from half  inch steel.   I'll try bolts and
>welds to hold the puller together.  If they break, then I'll turn it from a
>piece of steel bar.
>
>Nelson Riedel
>Granville, OH
>76 TR6 (assembling after new paint)
>68 TR250 (next project - new paint)
>70 TR6 (all the parts in a pile ready to assemble)
>
>
>Subject: Tough Hub
>
>
> > I am having difficulty pulling a rear hub from my 76 TR6.  After failing
>with
> > the club's puller I took it to our local auto repair that is accustomed to
> > working on Triumphs...no luck.  They suggested a machine shop in Chicago
>that
> > has specialized equipment.  The machine shop placed 15 tons of pressure on
> > the hub to no avail, (except to damage the hub and shaft)!  It looks like
>I
> > will be replacing the outer shaft and hub.
> >
> > Has anyone else run into this sort of problem?  If so, what is the cause?
>We
> > could find no evidence of rust or any corrosion, and no parts had been
>welded.
> >
> > Looking for advice!!!!!

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