Front hub pulling tip for Tahoe/Yukon 4wd

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Gordy

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As you know when removing front hubs they can be stuck on pretty tight. And from what I have read everyone usually ends up heating, and beating their ass off.

Using a hub puller is usless the conventional way because you are just pushing on the axle. But if you take the hub puller, and mount it with the center bolt to the outside of the hub using the two hole side of the puller it lines up with 2 lug studs. Now you can use the puller against the spindle mount at 12:00, and 6:00 works like a charm doing it in little increments.


No beating shocking all your ball joints, and yours. No heating needed, no chisling between the spindle mount, and the hub assembly risking dinging the mount surface.


Gordy
 

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Use an air chisel with a dull flat bit and work around the outer bearing hub,it will start to move out ,be patient.
 
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Air chisel

Did not have one, and the hub puller took all of 10min. if that, and quiet to.
 

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As you know when removing front hubs they can be stuck on pretty tight. And from what I have read everyone usually ends up heating, and beating their ass off.

Using a hub puller is usless the conventional way because you are just pushing on the axle. But if you take the hub puller, and mount it with the center bolt to the outside of the hub using the two hole side of the puller it lines up with 2 lug studs. Now you can use the puller against the spindle mount at 12:00, and 6:00 works like a charm doing it in little increments.


No beating shocking all your ball joints, and yours. No heating needed, no chisling between the spindle mount, and the hub assembly risking dinging the mount surface.


Gordy

Is the hub puller the same as the 2-jaw puller?
 

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