[Spits] Rear Axle Puller

[Joe Curry]

Far be it from me to say, "I told you so."  But if you need another hub, I
have several.  I learned how flimsy they are when a Lexus SUV backed into
Huxley and resulted in not only the driver side door being bent but the
passenger side rear hub being deformed when the tire was pushed into the
curb.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:spitfires-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Mark Sinclair
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 5:10 PM
To: spitfires at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Spits] Rear Axle Puller

Thanks to all those that replied.
I've ordered the Canley one, so we'll see how that goes.

Of course I couldn't resist, and was messing around with one of the
inner axle assemblies, and bent the flange plate slightly. Wishful
thinking that perhaps mine were mysteriously loose I guess.  Anyway, I
bent it back so that it looks stright - to the eyeball anyway.

Side note, the flange is very wimpy, bends like cardboard, don't even
bother with a regular puller.

Wondering if I should bother trying to reuse this on the vehicle?  If
the plate bends that easily I'm hoping that torque-ing it down to the
diff unit will keep it sealed - perhaps with a thicker gasket.  Had
anyone had success with this, or should I just plan to replace it?

Cheers
Mark Sinclair
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