Using slide hammer style of hub puller.
Has anyone successfully used a slide hammer hub puller? I've only used the kind with the three arms and "dog bone" that you whack with a heavy hammer, but my hub (or brake drum, if you like) is going to require more force than that.
I went to the nearest AutoZone and "rented" (for free!) their slide hammer today, but I haven't tried it out yet. I want to be sure I'm not going to break anything by using it. (The slide hammer is bolted to the brake drum and pulls it outward, off the axle.)
I'm aware that damage can be done to the rear end by hitting the ends of the axle with a hammer. I just hope that the brake drum's outward "yank" from the slide hammer --which is, in turn, exerted on the axle -- doesn't do similar damage to the axle bearing or the rearend gears.
I went to the nearest AutoZone and "rented" (for free!) their slide hammer today, but I haven't tried it out yet. I want to be sure I'm not going to break anything by using it. (The slide hammer is bolted to the brake drum and pulls it outward, off the axle.)
I'm aware that damage can be done to the rear end by hitting the ends of the axle with a hammer. I just hope that the brake drum's outward "yank" from the slide hammer --which is, in turn, exerted on the axle -- doesn't do similar damage to the axle bearing or the rearend gears.
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