what the picture shows is how to locate the hub on top of the wheel
(obivouslly not clear in the past). The OTC is the same and the picture
shows better the location of the adaptors and the nuts for the OTC. I had
hopes that the picture would help folks see how to hold the hub...
All of the split collars are virtually identical; yours, Thoma, GMC,and
Winterfield. The real question is the OTC vs other types of pullers and
the 8 point socked should be a great help getting a long enough wrench on
the OTC. That square drive is really the pits for a long wrench. (A set
of pictures of how to use the OTC would help for sure.) The Cinnabar
instructions on bdubs site help as do the GMC instructions, but they are
not very clear like a picture or a video.
I don't think it is being "to lazy" to want to use a mechanical advantage
on the OTC or we would not have folks using jacks,portapowers,impact
wrenches, and two foot wrenches, to do this job better and faster.
As the folks are saying, there are still appliances to be made. (The Thoma
set comes with 12 appliances to make this job easy)
hub pullers/pushers,
seal applicators/guages--front applied/rear applied, bearing guide
plug,
bearing packers,
impact wrench adaptors,
thrust washers/balls,
etc.
We almost lost this technology in one generation because they had these
tools 20 years ago. I saw a list from the gentleman in Eugene Or. that
showed a guide to insert the outer seal through the knuckle. We don't have
that today and GMC says it is no longer available.
There is still room for more information, folks need to know what they are
going to run into when they start this task.
gene
>Went to this site to read about the comparison of my puller and the thoma
>puller. Can now understand why the problems outlined in previous messages
>exists. The picture of my puller is actually the winterfeldt puller not
>mine. In addition the wrenches used are the wrong type and to small.
>
>
>http://www.california.com/~eagle/front.html
>
>
>
>
>
Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
mr.erf
http://www.california.com/~eagle/
(obivouslly not clear in the past). The OTC is the same and the picture
shows better the location of the adaptors and the nuts for the OTC. I had
hopes that the picture would help folks see how to hold the hub...
All of the split collars are virtually identical; yours, Thoma, GMC,and
Winterfield. The real question is the OTC vs other types of pullers and
the 8 point socked should be a great help getting a long enough wrench on
the OTC. That square drive is really the pits for a long wrench. (A set
of pictures of how to use the OTC would help for sure.) The Cinnabar
instructions on bdubs site help as do the GMC instructions, but they are
not very clear like a picture or a video.
I don't think it is being "to lazy" to want to use a mechanical advantage
on the OTC or we would not have folks using jacks,portapowers,impact
wrenches, and two foot wrenches, to do this job better and faster.
As the folks are saying, there are still appliances to be made. (The Thoma
set comes with 12 appliances to make this job easy)
hub pullers/pushers,
seal applicators/guages--front applied/rear applied, bearing guide
plug,
bearing packers,
impact wrench adaptors,
thrust washers/balls,
etc.
We almost lost this technology in one generation because they had these
tools 20 years ago. I saw a list from the gentleman in Eugene Or. that
showed a guide to insert the outer seal through the knuckle. We don't have
that today and GMC says it is no longer available.
There is still room for more information, folks need to know what they are
going to run into when they start this task.
gene
>Went to this site to read about the comparison of my puller and the thoma
>puller. Can now understand why the problems outlined in previous messages
>exists. The picture of my puller is actually the winterfeldt puller not
>mine. In addition the wrenches used are the wrong type and to small.
>
>
>http://www.california.com/~eagle/front.html
>
>
>
>
>
Genef -- 77PB/ore/ca
GMC MOTORHOME INFORMATION
mr.erf
http://www.california.com/~eagle/
