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I just invert the brake drum on the studs with nuts, and spin and tap on the OD of the drum. Never missed.

Peter C.
 
PeterC said:
I just invert the brake drum on the studs with nuts, and spin and tap on the OD of the drum. Never missed.

Peter C.
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Really good idea, which, of course, I'd never have thought of. Thanks!

I just use an ordinary, general-purpose puller. Cheap. I think Mo$$ gets a little predatory in their pricing on occasion. This is a good example.
 
My daughter, the lawyer, wouldn't let me market the brackets I made to hang calipers on the rear of an MGB because of liability....she even told me that disclaimers even when signed weren't worth the paper they're written on...as she said, when there's blood on the pavement somebody's gonna pay."
 
I agree about product liability. However, I'm sure there are more useful tools they could try to sell for a more reasonable price.
 
...like Jeff's tool he uses to hold the pinion when undoing the nut to replace the seal.
 
There's a phenomenon here, and it's actually not unique to us. It shows up to some degree in any "enthusiast" pursuit--I see it a lot in classic bikes, my other passion.

A lot of guys haven't been involved in this stuff long enough to know what's available, or what their options are for doing some particular job, so they just go to a big, obvious place like Moss (or VB or IPD, if you have a Volvo, and so on) and just pay what they ask. It's overpriced (especially from Moss) but it still gets them through.

I'm guilty of this on occasion. A few weeks ago I replaced the timing belt on my kid's 87 Volvo. To do this, you need to lock the crank, and Volvo enthusiasts have figured out all kinds of clever ways to do it. What did I do? Bought the $50 tool from IPD. It did save a lot of time and probably knuckle skin, but all in all, I'm not sure it was worth it. I'll probably sell it on eBay some day, and get back something of the investment. (Of course, if I do, I'll need the sucker next day....!)
 
And... if you are concerned about proper torque it will require some calculations. Some specialized tools I understand, but the axle nut is NOT some strange 8 sided nut.
 
Gee, $1 worth of material, three holes, and two minutes at the welding bench. I'll take six. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/crazyeyes.gif
Jeff
 
Looks like it was cut with one of those water cutter things. I can see no use for it though. My sockets seem to work fine.
 
That does seem like a crazy price, but still I'm glad to have a Moss Motors that caries almost everything I need to restore my car. I think it's pretty amazing at times.

but on the other hand, for a tool like that, with such a small market it would take some time to recoup your money on researching and making such a few number of items.
But yeah, I use the reverse drum trick too.
 
I'm concerned about where they are focusing their effort/attention.
 
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