WOW, that is one heck of an idea! I've got a spare hub for my spitfire and
a spare hub for my TR's. As a matter of fact I have 3 TR hubs that have the
splines trashed. Guess I aught to manufacture some pullers.
Thanks for the tip.
>
> I made a hub puller for my Spits in a way that should work for TR's as
> well. Take an old trashed wire wheel splined adapter. Cut down to just
> below the splines have a 1/2" or so plate cut and welded in to fill the
> hole. Have it center drilled and tapped for a large puller screw like the
> one you can get out of a $10 pitman arm puller. Bolt it on to the hub a
> screw away. Should be able to be built for much less than $130
>
> Ralph Jannelli
> '65 Spitfire MKII
> '72 Spitfire MKIV
> '80 TR8 DHC
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Lang <LANG@ISIS.MIT.EDU>
> To: Eric Straub <ericst@MICROSOFT.com>
> Cc: bdstinocher@sewsus.com <bdstinocher@sewsus.com>;
> triumphs@autox.team.net <triumphs@autox.team.net> Date: Friday, October
> 09, 1998 9:16 AM Subject: RE: Removing Rear Hubs
>
>
>
> On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Eric Straub wrote:
>
> > From: Robert M. Lang [mailto:LANG@ISIS.mit.edu]
> > Robert M. Lang wrote:
> > What you need is the correct Churchill tool - these are very
> > hard to come
> > by.
> >
> > You can buy a good hub puller tool from the Triumph Sport
> > Six Club (TSSC) in UK. They're not cheap though (around $130 I believe).
> > I bought and used one of those to pull my hubs (67 spitfire Mk2). It has
> four
> > holes that you put over the studs & tighten down on, then you tighten a
> big
> > bolt in the center which pushes against a supplied bushing which pushes
> > against the axle. Worked great. You can find a link to the TSSC on the
> > www.vtr.org <http://www.vtr.org> website. They also sell other hard to
> find
> > parts, like owner's handbooks and parts books.
>
> This is true. However, the original message was about pulling apart an
> outer hub on a TR6 or TR250 - the bolt circle for the TSSC device does not
> have the requesite 4 by 4.5 inch circle holes that you need in order to
> take apart outer TR6 hubs...
>
> > Eric.
>
> regards,
> rml
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Brad (Lincoln Nebraska 402-464-1502)
1964 Spitfire4 BFC25720L
1966 TR4A CT72398L (Now a parts car)
1961 TR4 CT288L (Now with OD!!)
1959 TR3 TS41311L
1951 Dodge Truck 82217766 B-3-B-108
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