1966 Spitfire MK2 Restoration - Part 32 - Hub puller (fail) and diff seals

I always meant to put an end to this series, but I keep doing things that I neglected during the restoration, so.... the restoration continues....

[@cutworm59]

I mark out things with paint too. Great fabrication Elin. Nothin whoops you!

[@RustyBeauties]

I failed this time, but that only made me more focused and stubborn. I won at the end. You will see soon.

[@tjm3900]

If you look in the shop manual you would see an illustration of the proper Churchill tool that you can copy. Anything less will likely fail or bend the axel flange and give you wobbly wheels. Very often by the time you hear the bearing the surface of the axel has already been damaged.

[@indyme2]

I hope it seals. That's a lot of work to do over with new parts. Good luck.

[@RustyBeauties]

Yeah, it sealed. Thanks.

[@melvynevans9128]

Even with a heavy duty hydraulic puller I could not remove the hub on my 1966 Spitfire. In the end I removed the half shaft, mounted it in a very heavy duty mechanics vice and applied a 3 ft long pipe wrench to the puller nut. After applying a lot of force the hub finally broke free of the taper fit on the half shaft. Staff at the Triumph factory had told me this would be a difficult job and they were right!

[@RustyBeauties]

Stay tuned to see how I dealt with mine later!

[@ianabruce]

Super useful. Thanks.

[@kge420]

On the GT6 hubs I used a 20 ton shop press, gently. Worked fine.

[@RustyBeauties]

Yeah, when you have the right tools ( and you know how to use them LOL) everything works fine. I've been extremely busy lately with official work, but soon I will post a video about the second successful attempt with a better home made puller.

[@ropa4175]

You should use a strong and heavy hub puller, Elin! Anything else does not work.

[@RustyBeauties]

Yep, I realized that and built a better one later.

[@jfwartwelch6082]

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[@xray14562]

SOME TIMES ITS PAINFUL TO WATCH YOU BUY A GOOD PULLER COMBO AND ALWAYS HAVE DIFFERENT GRADES OF EMERY PAPER THERE ARE TIMES TO IMPROVISE AND TIMES NOT TO I COULD WATCH YOU DO THIS ALL DAY NEVER MIND TWENTY MINUTES

[@RustyBeauties]

Well, stay tuned and you will see that many tools including a working hub puller can be built for cheap. I hate paying for something that I can make myself. Of course there are tools you can't build and I keep investing in them, but 200$ for a hub puller.... Thanks, but No Thanks!

[@shaun9480]

put it in a lathe and spin it up and polish it up if you not got one a pedestal drill if the chuck big enough

[@RustyBeauties]

I wish I had a late... But I put it together as it was, I drove the car for more than 1000 miles since and it doesn't leak. At least not from the diff LOL

[@cheftush]

Last!

[@paulpawley]

Hi

[@cheftush]

Paul Pawley hey Paul what's up? Cheers, Tush

[@edwardkendall3905]

HI Elin, Nice video, helpful to me as I have the same three seals leaking and put off fixing them for no good reason. By the way, the very next video that came up in my feed was this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHnSaaqtepqrbdE . It has a very nice (home built) Churchill hub puller. (You will need to buy a bigger socket!) Cheers, Ed

[@RustyBeauties]

Thanks Ed, you will see my second attempt with improved home made puller soon!