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tony barnhill

tony barnhill

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So, I'm thinknig I'll weld a castlated nut that holds MGB hubs to the rear axle onto the end of a cheap Harbor Freight slide hammer & use it to pull axles from the rear differential housing - screw it onto the end of the axle & wham! Think that would work?
 
Did you remove the circlips first?
 
?...I'm just now trying to figure out how to build an axle puller....if everything is off the differential housing & I screw the castleated nut onto the axle & wham the slide axle several times, it should pull the axle
 
I think there are two sizes of slide hammers get the big one or add weight to the little one. You need lots of bang.
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Yep, the bigger one!
 
Oh, I thought you were just having a hard time pulling them now. My 2¢ worth.
 
No, just installed them today - am thinking future - at a track....quickly
 
Track tools, and working quickly on cars - not my strong suite. hehehehe. But as an engineering problem... your solution sounds like a good one.
 
If you want quick, you could always weld a nut to a chain, screw it to the axle, wrap it around the bumper of another car… /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/driving.gif
 
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I think he wants to be able to put the axle back in rather than having it bounce around the paddock.
 
That'd be my guess as well... tho I've SEEN some pretty awful techniques in paddock areas in my time. Mebbe 'stupid' would be a better description.
 
Yep, I want to be able to pull/replace quickly...different rear end ratio's, ya know.
 
Proto made a nice big slide hammer, you could tool it up into a purpose-built: weld a spare nut to a threaded receiver that fits the slide hammer shaft (they have a seal puller with threads cut already) and you'd have an extractor/installer ready to go. Only tricky bit would be as you fab it you want it all centered and square, precisely.
 
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