>Pulling a Spitfire hub CAN be done if, as Bruce Cockburn says, you have a
>rocket launcher. Other than that I can't think of anything that would do
>it. I had mine in a two ton press and the buggers held fast !! It's a
>tough point on the Spitfire.
The TR7 has this same problem. I actually slightly bent the hub using
a gear puller. I ended up taking the whole assembly to a machine
shop to have the new bearings installed. The guy said he had a *very*
hard time getting the hubs off, but it did work eventually and he was
able to press on the new bearings. It cost me a little over $100 just
for the labor.
-Jim.
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James A. Babcock, Software Engineer Email: jab@netrix.com
Netrix Corporation '92 Honda Accord
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