> Chris - I don't know whether the device I had made up will work on the hub
> for a solid axle car. However, the tool does resemble, very closely, tool
> M.86A as shown in the factory (& Bentley) manual on page 3-106.
> It lacks the
> provision for the cheater bar to prevent the assemble from
> rotating because
> on the IRS cars, the hub is disassembled after the half shaft/hub has been
> removed from the vehicle as opposed to in situ on the solid axle
> variety. I
> copied our posts to the list thinking someone else might know fer sure.
The lack of the cheater bar hole is not a show-stopper, as the half shaft
can be removed from the car first on a solid-axle car, too. Pulling the hub
with the half-shaft still in the axle is just a convenience.
I believe the main issue is whether the tool is tall enough. At least on
the earlier solid-axle cars, the end of the half-shaft sticks out farther
from the hub face than it does on the IRS cars. Since the parts are the
same P/N, that should apply to solid-axle TR4A too.
Randall
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