Hi Kristin
They can be hard to find sometimes,,,here's some snapshots of what it looks like,,,sometimes a picture is worth a 1000 words,,,
I have made my own from time to time,,if you have some 1/4" flat sock around and drill and tap some holes in the back part of the puller you may have it made,,,put backup nuts on the back side because I'm sure you will not have some HT stock about..
You will need to made 4 parts to the back side of the puller, because you will not have the thick stock to hold the cross bolts to pull the clamp together but the 4 parts bolted up behind will do the trick I'm sure..
The center part of the puller you can get just about anywhere), auto stores but it needs the full thread in the center type ..
Good Luck don't give up you can do it...it just takes a bit more work this way.
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Originally Posted by Kristin D Bob & Doug,
Well 3+ hours later, none of the autoparts, hardware, flea market had a bearing puller. I did find one mechanic open and his Snap-On puller was about an inch thick like Bob said so it would never fit past the 3/8" clearance between the outer rim of the pully and the frame casting.
Doug, there is a burr but since the pulley will only shift 1/16" in or out and it's smack in the middle area where the set screw was there is really no way to get to it. I did try holding a 1/4" lathe bit down the setscrew hole and rotating the shaft but I don't think it accomplished anything. Too small in the half keyway to even get a needle file in there.
So now to see if I can rig some bit of steel strap behind like Bob described and rig something to press a screw on the shaft, I did buy a cheap 2 jaw puller with rivited flat jaws just to get a block and hardened screw to adapt. One of my other thoughts was I have some short pieces of 3/32 aircraft cable with a crimped loop on each end, and thought I may be able to loop them behind the hub, cross the ends over and using a couple of bolts get a pull with the cross bar of the cheap puller.
Wish I had a piece of that abrasive eraser stuff, kind of like a pencil eraser thing I could trim a piece into the set screw hole and polish the shaft that way.
Kristin
Not giving up yet, or getting violent!  |