Joe,
I have seen pictures of the Churchill hub remover and more recently a picture
of the puller made by the highschool machine shop encouraged by one of our
TRList subscribers. The Churchill tool had a strong anchor hole cast in it's
side for using a leveraging breaker bar - the highschool one didn't seem to
have it ('lathe spun' item) so I don't know how you'd keep it from turning
uder the tremendous torque required.
On a recent visit to my Brit breaker yard guy (and Brit mechanical rebuilder)
he showed me a more modern 'hydraulic version' of the Churchill tool that
made a ton of sense. You turn the screw and it compresses oil (like a car
jack) to give you huge leverage toward pulling the hub off the shaft- it's
probably a $400 tool.
In my own experience of 1982, I tried the biggest puller available for rent,
a sledge hammer, and fire - to no avail in removing my original TR4 hubs -
and I'm pretty stubborn. After a week of 'no-go' I gladly paid a Jag repair
shop $250.00 to pull the hubs, replace the bearings and seals, and 'turn the
hubs' on a lathe to straighten them out from all the torture they went
through (..his - not mine), and replace all the wheel studs new.
This is not an easy job even with the proper tools on hand - and is not
required but every 20 years or so - I would recommend you see my local Brit
guy (operating in S.F. Bay Area, California for 35 years) or find someone
locally with the best tools and experience.
Good luck,
Carl Sereda
'63 TR4 since '74 - CT22326L
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