Homemade brake drum puller worked..

[Greg Wolodkin]

Used the guts of my cheapo HF puller and some scrap 3/8"x1" stock to make a drum puller. I've been fighting with this drum on and off for a few months now with no luck.

Worked well.. some pressure on the puller and some heat from the torch got it to move 1/8" and I thought I was done, but no dice. A bit more pressure and a bit more heat and it came off with a little bit of a bang :shock:

Should be able to re-pack the bearings and get this axle back in the 3400.. now to fight with the tire and see if I can get it off the rim.

 

[3000OH]

Nice home-built tool; glad it worked for you. How did you bend the puller fingers or did you have someone do that for you?
Matt

 

[souNdguy]

remonds me of a setup i used on a crank pulley on my C.. part hf tools.. part homedrew.. part bottle jack..

 

[Greg Wolodkin]

(quoted from post at 22:19:25 07/07/12) Nice home-built tool; glad it worked for you. How did you bend the puller fingers or did you have someone do that for you?
Matt

Thanks -- making the fingers was the easy part for me, with lots of practice as a hobby blacksmith over the years. Heat a piece of stock (A couple feet, long enough to heat one end and hold onto the other cool end) with the torch to a nice orange heat. Slide the hot end between two 1/2" bolts that are clamped in another vice (or welded to a bending fork) to get the U-shaped bend. Take another heat a few inches away (I made a small punch mark as a visual guide since I wanted them to match) and use the vise to start the right angle bend, finishing it with a hammer. Let it cool then cut it off so that it's just a nub that fits into the brake drum.

In hindsight I wish I would have made more of an eye instead of the U-shaped bend. The whole assembly wanted to fall apart until I had a little tension on it. But it worked OK.

 

[Hobo,NC]

(quoted from post at 01:13:17 07/08/12)

I have had some stuck to were I had to heat and beat but I don't remember have'n to use a puller... I like your clever set up 8)

 

[OH - 961]

Greg,

Thanks for posting this!
I saved the photo so I can borrow the idea for pulling one or two of my brake drums. I might have to adapt the design a bit, but that should be easy enough.

Myron

 

[BruceR TN]

Really nice tool and obviously, effective. But why replace the brakes? There's plenty of metal left on those shoes :^) .

 

[Greg Wolodkin]

(quoted from post at 21:08:59 07/08/12) Really nice tool and obviously, effective. But why replace the brakes? There's plenty of metal left on those shoes :^) .

Funny you mention that. I'm actually not planning to replace the brakes just yet. I picked up this tractor back in November but it isn't really running yet. Was changing fluids when I first got it and found a few sheared rivets in the sump, which got me digging into the rear end. With the axles pulled, figured I'd replace the seals. With the seals replaced, I wanted to clean all the oil out of the brakes. Time to stop pulling on this shoestring and get this baby working a little to see if there are any more surprises waiting for me. With about 1/8" of pad left and no hills in sight I figure those clean brakes will last a year or so, but if not it should be easy to get back in there now.

I need Soundguy to head north for about four days and lend a hand. Then it'd be all back together and running like a top with a fresh coat of paint too!

 

[Hobo,NC]

(quoted from post at 02:01:59 07/09/12)

(quoted from post at 21:08:59 07/08/12) Really nice tool and obviously, effective. But why replace the brakes? There's plenty of metal left on those shoes :^) .

Funny you mention that. I'm actually not planning to replace the brakes just yet. I picked up this tractor back in November but it isn't really running yet. Was changing fluids when I first got it and found a few sheared rivets in the sump, which got me digging into the rear end. With the axles pulled, figured I'd replace the seals. With the seals replaced, I wanted to clean all the oil out of the brakes. Time to stop pulling on this shoestring and get this baby working a little to see if there are any more surprises waiting for me. With about 1/8" of pad left and no hills in sight I figure those clean brakes will last a year or so, but if not it should be easy to get back in there now.

I need Soundguy to head north for about four days and lend a hand. Then it'd be all back together and running like a top with a fresh coat of paint too!

Don't hold me to this I think the line'n is the same as a 9N,,, you can rivet your own line'n on and save quite a bit... :idea:

 

[Texasmark1]

Nice puller. I made one out of a piece of 2" 3/16 wall square
tubing. I cut off 2 pieces and welded to a cross bar and then I
cut a notch in them so that the thing would slide over the drum
and pickup the ridge. I pre-installed 2 lug nuts opposite one
another and slid the puller over the nuts. I then backed the nuts
off which put pressure on the puller and between that, some heat
and some banging, got her off.

One thing that really helped was that I was told the drum was
made of steel, not cast iron so I was not hesitant about banging
on it.

Did use plenty of PB Blaster penetrating oil.

The drum was worn real bad and required replacement. Problem
with replacement was that there was no ring to grasp if I had to
remove it.

Well, I moly greased up the interface so if I ever have to, which I
surely doubt....these shoes are OEM on a '65 tractor with 5000
hrs, and if they last another 5000 hrs I will have long been
pushing up daisies.

I can furnish a pic if anyone is interested. email is open.

Mark

 

[steamnjn23]

texasmark, post a picture of your puller, i couldn't get the email feature to work