Sunday, January 15, 2012

Canley Classics













So I ended up ordering a hub puller from Canley Classics. I was planning to order the swing spring conversion kit at some point and figured I might as well get the hub puller while I was at it.

When ordering online with Canley, it doesn't tell you how much shipping would be and the exchange rate is approximate so it is hard to tell the total cost. That information came later after someone at Canley put together the order and emailed an order confirmation with the final price. Shipping for these parts came to 100 pounds which is much more than I thought it would be, but it did however come one week after ordering which was nice. The box arrived a little banged up, but everything came in good condition.

The hub puller is one solid piece of metal. The threads on the puller bolt make the Harbor freight jaw puller threads look puny. Even with the hub puller though, we still had a hard time pulling off the hub. We ended up using a 6 foot long breaker bar to get enough leverage to pull off the hub.

From watching the youtube videos of pulling hubs, I knew to expect a pop when the hub puller came off, what I wasn't expecting was what sounded like a gunshot when it did and so I ducked for cover when I heard that.

Gaining access to the hub space, the wheel bearings appear to be in good shape. The only items needing replacement are the hub gasket and the wheel studs, which is now do-able with the drive flange removed.

Making slow and steady progress...

1 comment:

Steve said...

Good job and informative. I didn't remove mine but never know down the road what might come up. At least the way you're doing it everything will be perfect when you're done. Hang in there!