[Healeys] Rear Axle Hub Removal

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I pull the axle out, reverse it and use a few lug nuts.Ken Freese 65 BJ8

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-------- Original message --------From: Bob Haskell <rchaskell at earthlink.net> Date: 9/6/17  3:04 AM  (GMT-08:00) To: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net>, Healey List <healeys at autox.team.net> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rear Axle Hub Removal 
Mike,

To remove the hub, use a 3 arm gear puller with a center piece piloted 
on the axle.  I don't like the idea of applying impact loads from a 
slide hammer to bearings.

I bought a 12 point, 3/4" drive, Williams socket and used my lathe to 
remove the chamfer.  The steel was soft enough to cut; didn't need to 
grind.  I also have the Churchill 8 sided factory tool.  It has a pilot 
that fits in the axle which is nice.  In my old age, I can't always 
generate enough torque to loosen the nut with the factory tool.  Could 
make a longer rod.

Remember, the nut on the right hand side has left hand threads.  There 
is usually "RH" or "LH" stamped on one side of the nut near "MOWOG".  Of 
course, that side is probably not facing out.

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 MkI registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php

On 09/05/2017 06:01 PM, Michael MacLean wrote:
> OK, figured out how to get bearing hub off rear axle with a bearing 
> flange and slide hammer.  Is the hub nut 2 3/16ths?  Is there a socket 
> available without the chamfer around the mouth of the socket so I can 
> get it on that thin nut?  Do you guys just buy a 2 3/16ths socket and 
> grind the mouth flat?  The nuts on my axle are all buggered up from 
> someone in the past using a chisel to get them off and put them back on.
> Mike MacLean
> 
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