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Does anyone have a picture of the factory rear hub puller? I need to pull a rear hub, and would like to see how the factory went about doing it.

Has anyone found a currently available puller that does the job well?

Benny.

I don't have a picture, but do have the factory tool. It's shown in the workshop manual as 18G304 Front and Rear Hub Remover (basic tool). This is used with 2 of 18G304A. Bolt Adapter 1/2 in UNF.

The Remover is a flat plate with holes drilled in it to fit a range of wheel bolt patterns. The Bolt Adapters drop into two of the holes and thread onto the lug studs. - The setup I have came from an MG1100 owner, so the Bolt Adapters I have fit the smaller MGA/1100 7/16" lug studs. I made a set of adapters by welding Rostyle lug nuts to 7/16" bolts so I can use the 7/16" Bolt Adapters on an MGB.

The other tool needed is the 18G304J Hub Remover Thrust Pad. - This slides into the end of the axle tube and gives somewhere for the center drive of the Remover to push against. I made one of these out of piece of pipe on my lathe.

Kelvin.

Edit - You could use a standard two arm puller, by making up adapter bolts that can be threaded onto the lug studs. Find a socket that can seat on the axle tube. Primitive, but usable.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2016-09-29 12:32 PM by Be Coming.

Benny I have two different styles of hub puller.
One is a dedicated hub puller. The arms attach to a center hub and there is a striking hammer attchement that connects to the center bolt.
The other is a slide hammer attachment. I can use the bolt from my harmonic balancer set to use this as a hub puller.
I think both are OTC tools.

If no one posts a photo by tonight, shoot me an email and I'll take one when I get home.

Google is your friend.

Barney has the 18G304 tool on his MGA pages:


http://www.mgaguru.com/mgtech/tools/18G304.htm

The upper image shows the tool and adapters that I have.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2016-09-29 01:55 PM by Be Coming.

I use a slide hammer and it works just fine.
Stan Heath

factory puller..........Churchill replacement for the original 1 size fits all puller shown it the workshop manual. You can bend the ears on the rear hubs with that original puller if the bearings haven't been off before and are stuck. Also shown is the factory tool for removing the 8 sided nut on the banjo axle (other end is for 'A' series axle nut).

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Found a pic. It's the center one.

Hey Steve, those axle nut wrenches look like they came over on the Titanic...clean em up boy......

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Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

"Anyone with an intense emotional interest in a subject loses the ability to observe it objectively: You selectively perceive events. You ignore data and facts that disagree with your main philosophy. Even your memory works to fool you, as you selectively retain what you believe in, and subtly mask any memories that might conflict."

The answer to the questions...where did I get that tool.......When the BMC/BL service school in Compton closed down....I snagged all the service tools. Whole nother story.

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Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible if you don't know what you are talking about.

"Anyone with an intense emotional interest in a subject loses the ability to observe it objectively: You selectively perceive events. You ignore data and facts that disagree with your main philosophy. Even your memory works to fool you, as you selectively retain what you believe in, and subtly mask any memories that might conflict."

Looks like I used a flash whenever it was that I took that photo. It always makes a tiny bit of grime look really bad. The tools are actually clean and almost entirely without corrosion. Not surprised that there is some grime in the left one, it hasn't been used in decades. Don't even remember what it fits. There's another one somewhere also.