Cheap Wheel Puller

[Marshall Mahoney]

I thought I would pass this along. Will only work on 4-blade prop. I ordered a CV joint puller from e-bay for $17. There was a raised lip on the black clamp the I ground down so it would fit more snuggly around the shaft. I used the jack bolt from my harmonic balancer puller (not sure of the cost) and bought a high strength nut to match. I inserted two bolts behind the black clamp for extra "backing." Used a big crescent wrench to keep the nut on the jack bolt from turning. I was a little worried about the welds holding but no problem. Worked better than expected!

[Tavis]

Great find! Thanks for posting!

[Tony Meola]

Now that is slick.

[Tony Meola]

Marshall

Looking at this again a couple of questions.

Is there enough room for the clamp to slide down the shaft without scoring it?

Do you think it would be possible to thread it so that you could eliminate the nut and just screw the bolt down>

I like the idea. Actually similar theory to the Walthers Prop Puller.

[Marshall Mahoney]

I only screwed the clamp hand tight -- will not scratch the shaft. Also, the clamp does not grab 360 deg around the shaft -- just about 1/3 at the top and 1/3 at the bottom. The clamp is 20mm wide. Possible to thread the hole. It is 30mm in diameter. Not sure what bolt size to use. The material is likely cheap steel -- not sure if the threads would deform under load. May be able to use a 1" bolt and nut -- I actually started this way until I remembered the bolt from my puller. The puller bolt was better because it had a centering tip that fit the centering hold on the end of the shaft.
Also -- the pics don't show the hardened steel pins that run from top clamp to bottom clamp thru the hole in the puller body.

[Tony Meola]

Marshal

Thank You