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Triumph TR3 - Rear Axle wheel hubs

Has anybody successfully removed rear axle wheel hubs from the half shafts on a TR3A (cone mounted latest model Lockheed, as opposed to spline mounted on earlier Girling)? I had tried with a home made flange puller placed behind the hub flange, but abandonned by fear of breaking the hub.
I see that the hub is threaded on the front (large coarse thread), to adapt some kind of puller (another Churchill tool). Has anyone removed hubs by pulling on them through an adaptor plate bolted to the 4 studs that hold the Rudge hud?
Jean Louis Lafont

In 1988, I used my hub puller to get the rear axles out. It took a lot of penetrating oil, force, heat and time.

It is much easier, (a friend told me he did it this way) to drain the oil from the diff and open it up. He removed something inside that let him slide out the entire half shafts with no effort. After changing the seals and bearings, he slid it all together again.

Don Elliott, 1958 TR3A
Don Elliott

Allo Jean Louis:
I had to remove the hub on mine and found out that the hub is so tight on the taper that you are as likely to break the puller as the hub.I took it to a machine shop and they removed it very safely and simply on a press.I think it is the only solution.If you could ever find a special Churchill puller it would most likley work but I would just take it to a machine shop.
Chuck

Allo again Jean Louis:
In my last note I assumed that the half shaft was out of the car if not you simply remove the brake drum by removeing the 2 set screws,take off the castelated centre nut and remove the 6 set screws attaching hub to axle housing flange.It is not nacessary to remove the brake back plate.Then just pull out the shaft.
Chuck

Thank you Don and Chuck. I had not thought of this method of pulling the entire half shaft and use a press. Indeed, I can see that this makes it a lot easier.
I had (UNsuccessfully) tried the way I described earlier, in an attempt to replace suspect seals. Leaking grease had ruined the brake linings. Finally I found out later that this may have been the result of overgreasing that bearing.
But after this unsuccessful attempt, I remained frustrated and curious, because some day, I will attend the rear axle and I will use the method you offered.
Thanks
Jean Louis Lafont

This thread was discussed on 09/01/2004

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