Dave Young Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I'm looking for a 2-5/8" hub puller for my '28 Chandler so that I can get the back drums off. Borrow or purchase. If any body has one, I'm in southern NJ. I just bought one on EBay that is "about 2-1/2", but I'm not holding much hope of it actually fitting my hubs. There is a fellow advertising custom made to any size for 200 bucks... but I'd rather spend a lot less than that. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe in Canada Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I made one a few years ago for my A. I used a welding tank cap a 1/4 steel plate to cap it off then slotting it to fit the hub . Then a 1" threaded rod and nut welded to the top to push with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 38 minutes ago, wilbur said: I'm looking for a 2-5/8" hub puller for my '28 Chandler so that I can get the back drums off. Borrow or purchase. If any body has one, I'm in southern NJ. I just bought one on EBay that is "about 2-1/2", but I'm not holding much hope of it actually fitting my hubs. There is a fellow advertising custom made to any size for 200 bucks... but I'd rather spend a lot less than that. Thanks. If you are talking about George McMurty, I would vote to spend the $200.00. He does quality work and is worth the money. I had him made one for me as I could not find one big enough for my '15 truck. Worked perfectly. All you need to do is send him a GOOD hub cap and he will return it with the puller. Here is a link with his information. http://customhubpullers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/custom-hub-puller-instructions.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon37 Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 You've probably been browsing Ebay but I noticed a couple pullers there that seem to be in the ballpark, in terms of diameter: This one (now on Ebay) is a double sided one, they say that one side is 2-5/8" -- http://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-HUB-WHEEL-PULLER-DOUBLE-SIDED-1905-1906-1907-1908-1909-1910-1911-1912-/142289159384?vxp=mtr Here's a 2-9/16" (16 threads per inch) one, in an auction just ended. http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-SINGLE-ENDED-WOOD-WHEEL-HUB-PULLER-TOOL-2-9-16-16-/311801301743?hash=item4898ce4aef:g:f7sAAOSw4DJYfAsb&vxp=mtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huptoy Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 I have a 2 5/8 bell shaped wheel puller for $50.00 plus UPS shipping. If you are interested, I can get the shipping cost. If it doesn't work, send it back plus a stamped envelope & I will return the $50. You can also wait and return it to me at Hershey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 5, 2017 Share Posted March 5, 2017 The puller that screws onto the hub is the best. Next best is the smaller type that screws onto the axle in place of the nut. And you strike it with a BIG hammer. Third choice but one that always worked for me before I found the proper size in the other two kinds. Unscrew the axle nut until it is flush with the end of the axle. Have the wheel that you want to pull on the ground with the car's weight on it. Jack up the opposite wheel. Hit the nut that is on the end of the axle with a BIG hammer. Don't tap it, that just destroys the nut and maybe the axle threads. Hit it once squarely, with a 5 or 10 pound sledge hammer. Do a "hub puller" search. There are 55 topics. This method is not on the top of the list but it works. Sort of a "farmer fix" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Young Posted March 5, 2017 Author Share Posted March 5, 2017 Glad to hear that McMurty has a good reputation. If I don't succeed in finding a used one, I will go ahead and send him a hub cap. I did buy one on EBay last night, but that doesn't mean it's gonna fit. Huptoy, I'll take you up on your offer if the one that's coming doesn't do it. I tried the "beat on it" only twice, with a brass chunk as a cushion, but not with having the wheel on the ground and the other side on a jack. It makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Just remember that when you beat that axle with your big hammer, you are putting a big impact load on the wheel bearings. You might have to replace them as a consequence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curti Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 If a puller is used that pulls on the drum and pushes on the axle, How is it that the bearings are being impacted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinneyhill Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 It doesn't unless the user pounds on the centre bolt of the puller, which many advocate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Young Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Well, after speaking to George McMultry on the phone, I went ahead and ordered a custom made puller. What an outstanding member of our hobby George is. We are all very lucky to have men like this willing to keep us moving along on our projects. George is 82 and is no longer driving, due to failing eyesight. Yet, he is still willing and able to run his lathe and his machine shop to make parts that we need. He sells these hub pullers world wide. I am proud to support his efforts and contribute money to his daily routine. Made in America by American craftsmen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 21 minutes ago, wilbur said: Well, after speaking to George McMultry on the phone, I went ahead and ordered a custom made puller. What an outstanding member of our hobby George is. We are all very lucky to have men like this willing to keep us moving along on our projects. George is 82 and is no longer driving, due to failing eyesight. Yet, he is still willing and able to run his lathe and his machine shop to make parts that we need. He sells these hub pullers world wide. I am proud to support his efforts and contribute money to his daily routine. Made in America by American craftsmen! IMO, smart move. If you are going to Chickasha he is usually there and might be able to deliver it to you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 IMHO anyone buying a collectable car should immediately order an operators manual, a shop manual and parts manual (no matter what they cost) if the vehicle has a semi-floating axle and wood artillery wheels the very next purchase should be a wheel puller that screws on to the wheel. If you don't need it right now you will eventually. The third item, If you have split rims (not multi piece rims) you should get the proper tool to unlock and collapse the rim in order to change a tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Young Posted March 11, 2017 Author Share Posted March 11, 2017 Tin Indian. Could show a picture of those wheel tools? I did grab a rusted up device at an estate sale a while back that has 3 legs and a screw crank for collapsing split rims, but I don't know how to use it. My Chandler has 6.50x20 tires. Big boots! I live on the east coast and have never been to Chickasha. Maybe someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 The collapsing and expanding tool for a 20 inch rim are quite common. Ones to work on a 26 or 27 inch rim are rare. Pictured is one for a Model T Ford which were 23 inch rims for most of the production run and 21 inch for the last two years. Dandy Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Buy tools. They raise your status in the community. Back around 1980 I was the only guy in my clique who owned a pitman arm puller. It is hanging on a pegboard in the garage and I still smile about the popularity it brought. In more recent years, our local cardiologist showed up in my driveway to borrow a torque wrench. "Ah, Doctors do still make house calls." was the beginning of that conversation. A local minister owned a 6 volt Studebaker coupe, but was always busy helping people and his battery went dead. He showed up for a charge when he had free time. NO ONE would ever think to look for him at MY place!. Tools are the best. Buy them when you can. Bernie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 6 hours ago, 60FlatTop said: Buy tools. They raise your status in the community. Tools are the best. Buy them when you can. Bernie Also buy the best that you can afford. Cheap tools do not last and will cause untold pain with busted knuckles, and the sort when they break or slip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vermontboy Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 " Cheap tools do not last and will cause untold pain with busted knuckles, and the sort when they break or slip." I still remember the pain of learning which way to use a crescent wrench when I was working on my Model "A" at 12 years old. My knuckles were just scar tissue that first summer - I got a basic socket set and wrenches for Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 I still have my original S&K socket sets with the prices in them. The 1/2 inch set was $29.99, 3/8 was $24.99 and the 1/4 set was $18.88. I had them for about 50+ years and I still have all the original sockets, boxes and ratchets. They are great tools and lasted well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 (edited) I still have tools my Father gave me. They are the ones with the lawn mower blade marks on them and rust from him picking them up in the wet grass. He bought a nice tool box with a padlock of it right after giving me the tools. I remember going into Sears at age 14 or 15 for a warranty replacement of a 1/2 X 3/8" adapter. The small end was twisted off and the detent ball and spring were hanging out. He acted a little funny but gave me the new one. I didn't even have to tell him I used a Buick toque tube for leverage on the breaker bar, Needed more torque, seemed obvious. There are a couple of places where I have worn or broken tools. A screw driver to grid into an awl, a combination wrench to bend into a 90 degree tool, stuff like that. It, absolutely, never fails that someone will come over to help and they will walk past the obviously good usable tools and dig into a drawer to find one of those broken ones. Then they look at you and ask in, that all too familiar whiny voice "Gee, are all your tools broken?" I think they plant seeds to get those people. Bernie Edited March 12, 2017 by 60FlatTop (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lump Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 2 hours ago, 60FlatTop said: I still have tools my Father gave me. They are the ones with the lawn mower blade marks on them and rust from him picking them up in the wet grass. He bought a nice tool box with a padlock of it right after giving me the tools. I remember going into Sears at age 14 or 15 for a warranty replacement of a 1/2 X 3/8" adapter. The small end was twisted off and the detent ball and spring were hanging out. He acted a little funny but gave me the new one. I didn't even have to tell him I used a Buick toque tube for leverage on the breaker bar, Needed more torque, seemed obvious. There are a couple of places where I have worn or broken tools. A screw driver to grid into an awl, a combination wrench to bend into a 90 degree tool, stuff like that. It, absolutely, never fails that someone will come over to help and they will walk past the obviously good usable tools and dig into a drawer to find one of those broken ones. Then they look at you and ask in, that all too familiar whiny voice "Gee, are all your tools broken?" I think they plant seeds to get those people. Bernie Ahhh....I have fond memories of the days when Sears would readily replace USA-made Craftsman brand tools with identical replacements. Unfortunately those days have been slipping away for quite a while, and are nearly gone now. I have several broken Craftsman tools which they cannot/will not replace. Sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted March 12, 2017 Share Posted March 12, 2017 You have to be careful about some of those pullers. I had one get lose and attack my trailer. Quite a grip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hddennis Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 Saved this off eBay a while back hoping it might help someone. Wished it was a better copy but all I have. Howard Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 If you demount/mount tires this way you will not have trouble with warping split rims. Every person with Jaxon wheels or any rim that totally separates at the split should do it this way. You can also do it like this with a large tire iron or pry bar to move the rim into a spiral. To put it back you can use a 2x4 reaching across where the folding arms touch the rim and a bottle jack to where the screw leg is pushing. If your split rim does not total separate then you still need tire irons. ANYONE WITH A RIM TOOL/JACK should carry a copy of this page. After you have done a few you can jack up the car, demount the rim, demount the tire with the flap and tube, replace tire, tube and flap, reassemble the rim, mount the rim on the wheel and lower the car back onto the ground in 15 min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Ok I know this is an old thread but an internet search bought it up. It seems that George who was making pullers is no longer doing so. Has anyone else "filled the void"? I am chasing one for a 1926 series A Hupp. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
30DodgePanel Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) 1 hour ago, Fordy said: Ok I know this is an old thread but an internet search bought it up. It seems that George who was making pullers is no longer doing so. Has anyone else "filled the void"? I am chasing one for a 1926 series A Hupp. Steve Maybe post the size you need to see if anyone has one? The literature I have says 2 1/8" x 16TPI but that doesn't sound right to me. Seems like they should be wider. I have a few and might be able to help if you tell me the exact size you need. Edited February 20 by 30DodgePanel (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bhigdog Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 Someone post a pix of what you speak........bob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruffsup Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 I have collected these over the decades 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playswithbrass Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 (edited) I bought a hub puller at Hershey that I knew was too small but had enough material to machine out/rethread to the correct size. Edited February 20 by playswithbrass Spelling (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmsue Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 My listing says that 6 cyl. Hupp 1926-31 takes a 2 1/2" x 16 tpi puller George McMurtry passed away a year or two ago. His pullers are awesome. Good Luck Bill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akstraw Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 It seems like I have seen an ad in a recent Hemmings or HCCA magazine for somebody who is making them. I will see if I can find. Losing George left a void for sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Akstraw said: It seems like I have seen an ad in a recent Hemmings or HCCA magazine for somebody who is making them. I will see if I can find. Losing George left a void for sure. Contact Dandy Dave on this forum. He can make them. https://forums.aaca.org/profile/87870-dandy-dave/ Edited February 21 by Larry Schramm (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 5 hours ago, Larry Schramm said: Contact Dandy Dave on this forum. He can make them. Thanks Larry, I have all the gear to make one myself (apart from free time) Much easier to buy one if I can. I have just replied to a PM of someone who is willing to sell one of the correct dimensions {2.5 inch x 16 TPI) Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 9 hours ago, Larry Schramm said: Contact Dandy Dave on this forum. He can make them. https://forums.aaca.org/profile/87870-dandy-dave/ Thanks Larry. Moving my Machine Shop to the farm as we speak. The business where I had it set up is being sold. I should be back up and running soon. It will be better for me having it here a short walk away instead of having to drive to it. I've moved most of the small stuff already. The Back Hoe and forks are ready to move the big stuff. I have two damaged caps I've been looking at on my desk here for a while. They have cracks and messed up threads. I think I have come up with a way to repair them after some long thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Most auto parts stores will loan tools to their customers. Worth asking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandy Dave Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) 20 hours ago, Paul Dobbin said: Most auto parts stores will loan tools to their customers. Worth asking! Oh My. I can see it now. 😵 The look on the young fellers face when you ask to borrow a hub puller for a 1926 Huppmobile. 😬 A What??? Aint never heard of it? The computer don't even list it.🙃 Edited February 22 by Dandy Dave (see edit history) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 21 hours ago, Paul Dobbin said: Most auto parts stores will loan tools to their customers. Worth asking! I tried that with a compression tester when mine failed. I was told the never made spark plugs that big. (1926 Chrysler) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Dobbin Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 4 hours ago, 28 Chrysler said: I tried that with a compression tester when mine failed. I was told the never made spark plugs that big. (1926 Chrysler) The question was about a hub puller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timecapsule Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 On 2/20/2024 at 4:24 AM, bruffsup said: I have collected these over the decades Very nice collection. Do you happen to know which cars any of them fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timecapsule Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 I made my own puller for my 1930 Hudson Super 8. I used a couple pieces of 1/4" plate steel welded on each end of a 3 inch piece of a discarded driveshaft. I bought a generic cheap wheel puller and used only the threaded centre piece and the block it threads into, which I welded to one end. That threaded block section also works good to keep the puller from spinning when you put a wrench on it. The only tricky part is getting the diameter of the threads as close as possible to the threads on the hub. The threads on the puller were turned slightly less than the reading on the vernier calipers which read 2 5/8". Then ever so slightly increased the diameter of the threads, checking after each pass, by trying to thread it on to the hub, insuring that the threads were a good match. There are only 5 threads on the hubs on my Hudson. That isn't many threads to get a hold of, so the tighter the fit the better. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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