Hello again Tom;
Well I took it home last night, and after lubing it up real good, I
thought I would put it to a test. Since I am not going to pull a real wheel
bearing hopefully until the fall, I put a 1" x1" steel shank across the top
of the 2 "C" halves and tighten it with an extra large 1" craftsman wrench
until I could tighten no more. I would estimate the equivalent of at least
150 ft/lb.. I think at this point, any bearing would have begun to move had
I been pulling or pushing something. The end result. Your tool did fine. I
watched the joint area between the 2 "C" sections real close. No movement,
deflection, etc. So it not only looks good as an addition to my paperweight
collection(along with chuncks of compressor rotor from the F-15 engine,
another marvel of engineering) but also is apparently extremely strong.
I also re-read the instructions for the pullers use. Can I ask a
favor? I only have 2 pages of the instructions. Up to removing the old
bearing and seal. It looks like there is more. If you still have the
original e-mail could you resend it? Does anyone have it posted on there
web site (not the Toma Tool that is on Patrick's site and is completely
different).
- -----Original Message-----
From: warner [mailto:warner]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 11:27 PM
To: gmcmotorhome
Subject: RE: GMC: Possible new order of pullers
no probelm with the first 55 pullers its the additional ones.
my friend ate the cost of the boxes and packing etc.
just if we get more will have to add $10 to it
What does everyone think of the quality? try and break it if you can
its strong!
>Ditto on Paul's offer for the sawbuck. Too good a job to not be made right.
>
>We Midwesterner's just can't stand it if we think we've taken advantage of
>someone who's done a good job. Just wouldn't be right.
>
>Throw in that we're GMCer's too, and I don't know if I'll sleep well at
>night.
>
>I'd fight ya like a pro-wrestler for a loose penny in the street, but give
>it up in a second if it was yours to begin with.
>
>Mark
>
>| Tom:
>|
>| mine was waiting on me when I arrived home from work today. It sure
looks
>| nice and shinney. Thanks.
>|
>| By the way, I hear you saying you lost $10.00 a piece on the
>| first batch of
>| pullers?? Is that true??? If so, I'll send you a check for the deficet.
>| Hate to see anyone taking a loss to help others.
>|
>| Paul Bartz
>
>
>
Well I took it home last night, and after lubing it up real good, I
thought I would put it to a test. Since I am not going to pull a real wheel
bearing hopefully until the fall, I put a 1" x1" steel shank across the top
of the 2 "C" halves and tighten it with an extra large 1" craftsman wrench
until I could tighten no more. I would estimate the equivalent of at least
150 ft/lb.. I think at this point, any bearing would have begun to move had
I been pulling or pushing something. The end result. Your tool did fine. I
watched the joint area between the 2 "C" sections real close. No movement,
deflection, etc. So it not only looks good as an addition to my paperweight
collection(along with chuncks of compressor rotor from the F-15 engine,
another marvel of engineering) but also is apparently extremely strong.
I also re-read the instructions for the pullers use. Can I ask a
favor? I only have 2 pages of the instructions. Up to removing the old
bearing and seal. It looks like there is more. If you still have the
original e-mail could you resend it? Does anyone have it posted on there
web site (not the Toma Tool that is on Patrick's site and is completely
different).
- -----Original Message-----
From: warner [mailto:warner]
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 11:27 PM
To: gmcmotorhome
Subject: RE: GMC: Possible new order of pullers
no probelm with the first 55 pullers its the additional ones.
my friend ate the cost of the boxes and packing etc.
just if we get more will have to add $10 to it
What does everyone think of the quality? try and break it if you can
its strong!
>Ditto on Paul's offer for the sawbuck. Too good a job to not be made right.
>
>We Midwesterner's just can't stand it if we think we've taken advantage of
>someone who's done a good job. Just wouldn't be right.
>
>Throw in that we're GMCer's too, and I don't know if I'll sleep well at
>night.
>
>I'd fight ya like a pro-wrestler for a loose penny in the street, but give
>it up in a second if it was yours to begin with.
>
>Mark
>
>| Tom:
>|
>| mine was waiting on me when I arrived home from work today. It sure
looks
>| nice and shinney. Thanks.
>|
>| By the way, I hear you saying you lost $10.00 a piece on the
>| first batch of
>| pullers?? Is that true??? If so, I'll send you a check for the deficet.
>| Hate to see anyone taking a loss to help others.
>|
>| Paul Bartz
>
>
>
