[TR] Len Renkenberger's Hub Manual

[Kinderlehrer]

Sort of. The club member who runs the garage where we have our tune n' 
tech's uses a wheel puller, which he said was actually an old Willy's tool. 
If I remember correctly, it had 3 arms which bolted to the hub, a special 
spacer to go over the end, just so there was no pressure on the threads, and 
then he tightened it down with an impact wrench. He held it down with 1 foot 
and gave the pulller a whack with a BFH and the hub flew apart. I took a 
video, but can't seem to find it anywhere.  The theory is that the shock of 
the whack seperates the hub without putting the tons of pressure that a 
press would require.  Sorry I can't remember anymore, getting too old.
Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randall" <tr3driver at ca.rr.com>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] Len Renkenberger's Hub Manual


> Thanks, Bob, and to Len as well.
>
> A related question: Some years ago, a long-time Stag owner posted a 
> message
> on the Stag list about a novel way of separating hubs.  He said an
> ex-Triumph dealer showed him this method.  As I recall, his description 
> was
> a steel rod about 1.5" in diameter that was drilled and tapped to thread
> onto the end of the axle, along with a sacrificial spacer that fit between
> the end of the shaft and the shoulder of the axle, inside the opening of 
> the
> hub.  He said to just slide the spacer on, then turn the drift down 
> against
> it.  Support the flange and whack the drift with a BFH.  He claimed it 
> would
> remove hubs that wouldn't come off in a press.
>
> Anyone else ever heard of this?  I've not had occasion to try it yet, but 
> I
> certainly plan to when the time comes.
>
> -- Randall