home made rear axle puller

[maverick]

less than $20 invested and it works great.

[Young Ed]

Here's mine

[Fernando Mendes]

Yuong Ed show me/us how it works.Maverick do you want to say inner seal puller?

[Young Ed]

I don't have a rear axle in need of pulling at the moment to show but I can tell you. After removing the drum and packing plate you put this between the drum and axle housing and use the axle nut to draw the axle out. Typically I use the axle washer from both sides under the nut to make sure the axle doesn't get reseated to the drum.

[Tom Skinner]

I just removed my drum, and then just pulled the axle out with one hand.

I didn't need a puller?? Why would that be?

[Desotodav]

I have a friend that is good at making useful home-made tools. Here's the rear axle puller and rear inner seal puller that he made for me...

They work a treat!!!

Desotodav

[Fernando Mendes]

"A picture is worth a thousand words":D

[Fernando Mendes]

I didn't need a puller?? Why would that be?(Tom Skinner)

Me too.

[TodFitch]

I didn't need a puller?? Why would that be?(Tom Skinner)

Me too.

Been a lot of years now since I pulled my axles. I know I didn't have any special tools to do it. I think I simply re-installed the brake drum/hub on the axle after removing the brake backing plate and used the brake drum as a good hand hold to just pull the axle out. But it has been so long that I don't remember exactly how I did it. I guess that means I had no issues because that is usually what I remember: The issues and problems associated with doing a job.

[billschwindt]

I have worked on mopars since the late fifties, I have never needed a puller for that style of axle. I think you are making an easy job hard to do.

[Tom Skinner]

Fernando,

Thanks for acknowledging my post. I have had 2 - 1948 Chryslers and my friend has had 2 - 1947 Chryslers, we just removed the seal and pulled the axles out by hand. I have made home made tools and have been very proud of them just as anyone that makes a homemade tool should be. So I think this is a great post inspiring us to invent homemade tools. They sure give us confidence when tackling tough jobs which I think is most important of all.

I have always done my own work pretty much alone and we all need all the help we can give ourselves. Good job fellas!

Tom

[Dodgeb4ya]

Over the years I have removed hundreds of these MoPar semi floating axles from the Imperial Airflows to a 62 Polara Convertible.Some were kinda stuck in there. A very few slipped right out, and some-I'm glad I have the Miller puller.

[maverick]

im not sure i could have gotten them out by hand, but the brake drum ideas probably would have worked. plus, my lathe was getting lonely anyway.

[Fernando Mendes]

Handmade tools from my WWII MB 1942 Jeep.My mechanic that did them.He is a great artificer.

[Merle Coggins]

I've removed a some with a slide hammer, but one that wouldn't budge with the slide hammer I used a variation of Ed's tool. I didn't have a piece of PVC pipe handy, but I did have some deep sockets. I slide a deep socket over 3 of the backing plate studs and used the drum and nut like Ed described. It worked perfectly.

Merle

[55 Fargo]

I would like to see a home made steering wheel puller, andybody done this? If so any pics? This would be for the truck steering wheels.....

[Dodgeb4ya]

I would like to see a home made steering wheel puller, andybody done this? If so any pics? This would be for the truck steering wheels.....

Fred,

This is one way but requires some good tools...A bearing splitter and a Posi-Lock Puller. This is a 4 ton 1951 Dodge 20" wheel.

Bob

[55 Fargo]

Thanx Rob, think I am going to try the bearing splitter and jaw pulled or a bar and bolts with the bearing splitter, and hopefully will get the wheel off.

The donor steering box is ready to go in.....Fred

[HanksB3B]

and as always sorry when I had to return it $20 poorer and still without my own tool. Think Harbor Freight has one but it's still not totally cheap ($39?)

Would be nice if someone engineered one specifically for our wheels. Heck I don't think Mopar changed them from the 40's into the mid fifties. Don't want a kit with 16 pieces I'll never use. I just want to pull the wheel.

Hank