Ford 8n rear hub

[Ropo]

Ok I would like some advice on getting my rear hub off of my 48 8n. I have a 10 ton gear puller, have tried driving with the center but nut will not loosen I have heated it up and been hitting with a sledge. Will not come loose. The other side fell off so I replaced the hub, this side wont budge, any advice would be appreciated, replacing oil seal src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto101350.jpg>

 

[Hobo,NC]

I yank'em and put it in a good press... A stuck one will give a good press a fight.

https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=826211&highlight=press

 

[Ropo]

So you pull the whole axle out and put it in a press? Would a 20 Ton
press do it?

 

[Eman85]

I use the old style brake drum puller used on the older cars and trucks that had tapered axles and the drums pressed on. It bolts on the lugs and has a handle that you hit with a sledge hammer.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144139280488?epid=1538794109&hash=item218f5ee068&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAADEMhhUeZFypSfoh99QxnimRHla%252FkbUA6ijSgRWxnvHyoy67ynhM5iJlrXu1zhx6RnLdtEwp2%252FSQEjpQwaMO%252BAoLNq2HDXZ1hdWHrHWaz%252FtTUHoC0DzEI7Frb9MkHWjvEYhN721%252F%252BTI3eeMatOTiLvKuM9X5qrViKDE9tRg7jmHIuXGIqcBWYn2fA5mXW0h%252BuOh3lCitB7PKGCHlgJYaIqKFORPWkqUKhxIqiE5q6MT%252BVTxncx%252B19qIgi%252BbXQXv3dVgwUScG7FfTXu6dxU4tXRPrl7t5773%252B0ZhzvRIykko%252BNNT1RdsWeEQkOEQ8LQy8SBaf688kpANCEsV4lGBAA7jTICnkSHrhOoosW5hHKR394utGHCDLsG3av2%252FNjw8NZ%252FVajWUxe015ZOmZGBmD9EoPvWk9FutNJoOooVRrlKtt5O6xXgvCOjgTFN2PdFOnXed5O%252BCrPDXLLCrb3PCL61OOtuM5ZemplWKTcoDQNxGyxLHpIOqbGLfDsBr4TgFiG8J9hd13cxuGa9VZ0CHXmsKoIMEyXYC2INGokP4OAEtj3TV5%252FTodPoqFFmP83z5ktjRnqUl%252FK3XZZIF6tiMBHl7XV2cxP1ewYyPe4U%252FEzxDkl95qeLFxwlEgKTP9%252F9UYQsZo%252B3kOvcWbJfRs78JR35AadxldCd93mbZpcup1%252B9ymWhBbaHV6EIMStaveimdvk5RYSttJfbay3kCNmhd%252F3FH93k1FHZLTey1WANMLLDdIkkpDqEFo803X1OQ831uhKDVjXGYEqHi%252BLaM7SVQ0xoxLwGaulvonkWai7xZv6EKDUQRo7zJPHDDnX0Rqeqwj%252BeXxH5315pUxB%252BhSv8TbXbPCrKdem%252BXpsrv5e0SxiMlKVpDIkI%252FSxA4C9Nsm0dRpXzQxrXegWaEU0BGkUrUblqr3Tl5p9ovzE6JKIKVV3flwsRp0xiHI9Y8kSqHOXFPsdZyxq9lwp2Pc8TCcYiHhIZWXi3JJvIZ0qazXxMMLdpSR9Z54bvcEZKk7VtfZG8daPo2PH6JrK4iSLp4zMfypCJ%252BuY%253D%7Campid%3APL_CLK

 

[Ropo]

Is this the puller type you are talking about?

 

[Hobo,NC]

(quoted from post at 16:03:32 09/17/21) Is this the puller type you are talking about?

I doubt your are gonna do much better with another puller unless you rigged up are made a special puller for it. I have destroyed the puller you are asking about in the link on a N axle : ( I have bent better puller arms on the same job.

In my 25 ton press pix I had to heat the hub GOOD let it set over night and press on it again the next day. Tight is good : )

 

[Hobo,NC]

Yank the axle out its coming out anyways its not that hard to do...

 

[Ropo]

So your advice is get a press to press it out, instead of trying another
puller. Thanks for the feedback

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 09:50:33 09/17/21) So your advice is get a press to press it out, instead of trying another
puller. Thanks for the feedback

asiest one I ever removed. It hadn't been on the tractor long enough to get rusty & installed @ 450 ft-lbs torque. Chinee iron.. guess it is like their concrete.....full of dirt.

 

[Eman85]

(quoted from post at 03:03:32 09/17/21) Is this the puller type you are talking about?
<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto101389.png>

<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto101390.png>

That's the style I have. I think mine is a SnapOn or Bluepoint.

 

[Ropo]

Thanks to all those that responded. I ended up getting a 20 ton press. Was a little disappointed when i pulled the whole thing and it didnt pop right off. I heated cooled and repeated. I let it soak last night in oil. This morning I put it back in press and reheated. Still nothing so I ended up, while it was under pressure I hit the shaft with my sledge and it sounded off like a gun shot. After several days of trying success. It was was very rusty. I will clean up parts and put it back together.

<img src=https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cvphotos/cvphoto101518.jpg

 

[Hobo,NC]

POW BTDT... I have had many a hub on different applications a puller would not remove. Clean yours up and use it, its a good'N...