Tom's puller

[peter brandt]

Mark,

Make sure the insides of your knuckles are not worn - my hub / rotor
assemblies came out (too) easy, I ended up getting reconditioned knuckles,
now the bearings are a much tighter fit in the knuckles.
Good luck,

Peter
77 Eleganza II
Colorado

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Subject: GMC: Tom's puller

> Hey Gang:
> Pulled both front hubs today, easy. Will post photos tomorrow after I
put
> them back on. I was going to use my porta power and a short cylinder but
the
> screw post worked so well I decided not to bother. I didn't have to use my
> slide hammer, I was able to yank the rotors off. I don't like the idea of
> using a slide hammer around roller bearings anyway. The bearings had fresh
> grease on them, but both outer seals were crushed. I can't imagine how the
PO
> did that. I'll be greasing them with Mobil1 High Temp Grease.
>
> Thanks Tom,
> Mark A
> PS No tires yet, 7 bridgestones coming next Tuesday. The newest old tire
is
> an '88. The one that split has rust on the steel belts. Photos to follow.
>

 

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Mark,

Get your hubs and knuckles checked to be sure they're in toleraance. If
your hubs and bearings came out easy, I'd wager the components are worn out.

Sorry,
Patrick

>
> Hey Folks:
> I just reread the comparison between Tom's puller and the
> others. I've only used Tom's, but I was concerned about the
> reports of major effort required to use it. Maybe my hub
> shaft was easy, but with an eighteen inch long one inch
> wrench, a two foot long ratchet wrench, and a half inch square
> drive socket, I had the bearings off in less than two minutes.
> It was truly very easy.
> I've yet to reinstall the bearings, but taking them off
> was so easy that I'm not going to use my portapower or my
> big 20 ton press. I'll just use Tom's and judge the
> difficulty.
> Also, I'm going to see how to easily replace the inner
> seals. Hopefully a stock piece of plumbing pipe can be
> modified as a driver.
> Photos to follow.
> Happy Camping
> Mark A.
>