Recent content by greyfox

Success! Well friends and counselors, the glorious event was about two weeks ago. I built a new jig as earlier described and shown but this time with 3/4 " backing plates and longer rods to accommodate a 50 ton jack. Sorry I don't have a picture, but couldn't seem to find the camera. It...

1) i did not heat it that much previously (to glowing). I can do that. 2) I understand using the 3 jaw as a stiffener. I'll think of it as recycling. I started to drill the key. Well not really. I dinged the 5/8" key end with a center punch and tried a 1/4" bit and then switched to a 1/8...

Elroy, since the hub will still rotate, I don't think the shoes are holding anything here. I do like your suggestion of drilling out the key. As I recall from the other side (reassembled some time ago), the mating surface of these hub and shaft (and the key goes most of the way) is around 6...

I did remove the other side without any great problem and with a smaller, 3 jaw puller.

Here is an update. I think I've exhausted what I can do with a 3 jaw puller. I think the buggered business end in photo 3xpuller tells the story. I made sure the threads were lubed up well, took it in as far as I could w/ a 3/4" impact wrench, then a substantial breaker w/ a 3 ft pipe...

I just noticed my 1/2" impact wrench is rated at 400 ft/lbs. I see 3/4" inch varieties at 2 to 3 times that. Any recommendations? I'm always up for buying a bigger tool.

An update: 1st, thanks for all the advice and the implicit moral support. one could become depressed over such matters. The hub is no yet removed from its holding but I suspect persistence will be the solution. I have smacked it a few times, and taken a blunted, handheld airhammer to it...

I'm trying to remove the hub from an old, large tractor loader (a TractoMoto TL-10 if you know about such things). I got the wheel off with a 4 ft pipe wrench, a little heat, and lot's of pb blaster. not sure which of the above did the trick. I am now trying to remove the brake drum so I...

I'm thinking of putting in a two poster in my new 25x40 (x12H) Shop. I've been oogling the BendPak XP-10n. Do all these require mounting (bolting) to the floor? I don't seem to see explicit reference to that. jim

I'm building a new shop and have been using a lot of those self-tapping screws. Some of the electrical boxes require a vertical screw into steel beneath a steel shelf. I get about 3 screws in and the magnetized socket seems to collect all the fillings and won't take another until I dig it out...