DIY slide hammer?

[AmericanMechanic]

Anyone made a slide hammer?

Isn't it just 5/8 rod (with threads), a stop, and a weight?

Do the factory versions have any sort of heat treat?

 

[nadogail]

I did one, once a long time ago, used pipe fittings and welded it all together.

 

[harley jim]

I made one with some pipe, lead and a bumper Jack handle.

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[johninct]

You are right, they are simple to make. I was rebuilding my Snap-On YA-700 jack and had to remove a spacer. I used a carriage bolt to hook the spacer but the carriage bolt would not hook to my slide hammer with the adaptors I had on hand, so I used a piece of all thread I had. I used my Snap-On slide hammer weight, some nuts and washers and it worked fine.

 

[redmondjp]

If you have a Harbor Freight store handy, it's hardly worth the time . . .

 

[oldwino]

Made one years ago. Easy to do. I used a piece of mini-ex bucket pin welded to a piece of rod with a tube steel slide.

 

[RedneckWelder]

We have a home made 25 pound one in the tool room at work. It makes **** move.

 

[Boilerhouse]

Have made a couple. If you don't use it everyday, keep it simple, don't over think. Use what you have on hand.

 

[mrjaw14]

Pics...or it didn’t happen! (Read: I need ideas)

 

[Packard V8]

If you have a Harbor Freight store handy, it's hardly worth the time . . .

X2 - I seldom-to-never buy HF stuff, but in this case, theirs will be better than yours unless you spend way too much time and money on fabricating.

jack vines

 

[matt_i]

Made several of different sizes including one attached to a vise grip.

Some ideas. Tap the end of the rod for a (?) but weld a hex head bolt of that diameter/pitch to many other types of hex head bolts, head-to-head sort of like a stud. Keep them all with your slide hammer for pulling "pull-dowels". Much faster than single-pointing two ends of a custom stud.

Standard tooling is 5/8-18 fine thread. Its useful to have that tap if you want to make special attachments for the standard slide hammer.

Above all else, make sure there's a comfortable ring or T-handle on the **** end to apply the alignment-pull. Resist the temptation to grip the **** end at any time of actual use...immediate pain and blood blisters result...don't ask how i know...

Drill the slideweight approx 1/64 (.010 to .020" will work if boring) larger than the shaft.

No heat treatment or exotic alloy needed unless you use it every day.

 

[AmericanMechanic]

If you have a Harbor Freight store handy, it's hardly worth the time . . .

Have a Horrible Freight within driving distance, but don't want chinesium, rather have a good tool i can count on and be proud of.

 

[PugetDude]

Have a Horrible Freight within driving distance, but don't want chinesium, rather have a good tool i can count on and be proud of.

Your goal and your solution are on divergent paths.

 

[Boilerhouse]

Pics...or it didn’t happen! (Read: I need ideas)

Here is one I made. Some 3/4 in pipe. a coupling on one end and a metal slug welded to the other, but I could have used couplings on each end. The slide part is a piece of cold rolled that already had a bore through it. It took minutes to make. I honestly can't remember why I made it, but it was probably to pull something that had a pipe thread. The other slide hammer I made was at work. Same idea, the pulling end was very specific for end caps that had to be removed from a piece of equipment.

 

[Boneyard51]

I’ve made many slide hammers fir special jobs. My Dad made one with 1 inch steel rod about four feet long and took the center section from a semi truck rear end. Seems like that pinion gear on that HD14 Allis dozer was really stuck! But it was no match for my Dads slide hammer!







Bones

 

[Robbie B]

Your goal and your solution are on divergent paths.

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[Robbie B]

I’ve made many slide hammers fir special jobs. My Dad made one with 1 inch steel rod about four feet long and took the center section from a semi truck rear end. Seems like that pinion gear on that HD14 Allis dozer was really stuck! But it was no match for my Dads slide hammer!







Bones

So how far off axis did y’all knock wart when y’all slammed that damn monster.


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[Willie Makeit]

Anyone made a slide hammer?

rather have a good tool i can count on and be proud of.

wait. what?