518 hub removal without a puller

[Scotsman 46]

Is there a way to remove hubs from my 518-H without a puller?

I didn’t see any previous threads

about It

thanks

by the way....

I am excited for snow blowing season!!

am I sick?

[pfrederi 17,866]

Not really unless the are very loose.  Lots of homemade puller ideas on here.   Any attempt to yank it off or drive it off from behind risk breaking the hub or even worse pulling the axle out as it is only held in by a snap ring.  

 

As to snowblowing season yes you are

[953 nut 55,769]

3 hours ago, Scotsman said:

I am excited for snow blowing season!!

am I sick?

You'll get over it!                As for the hub, here is a puller that will get the job done without too much problem.

[Scotsman 46]

Thanks pfrederi for the heads up👍
953 nut I love the bottle jack pick

of Meadowfields brilliant way to draw it out

And extra points for using stuff I have laying around

A Scotsman’s dream😁

[Scotsman 46]

I cant find my jack 

so looks like I’m going to Harbor Freight 

there stuff is lousy quality

but it’s cheap for something I may never use again

But I’ve got the 1100 on anyway 

Scotsman🦉

Edited October 11, 2020 by Scotsman

[Scotsman 46]

Well Luckily the axle of my rebuilt Eaton 1100 didn't have hubs on   it .  

                                                                                               

      I tried removing my old hubs,

and  I can tell you how not do it.  

 

    I bought the smaller hub puller from Harbour freight,the tourque bent the  connecting brackets !      

                                                     

   So I bought the biggest they had,and I snapped my hub in two !     So lucky for me the hubs are used on a variety of Wheel Horse tractors.                                                                                                      

 So I found a pair on eBay from a c175 if I remember for 49$ with free shipping! The big  hub puller cost 90$ so I returned it.               Problem solved.                                                                                        

 I would recommend penetrating solvent and a plumbers torch which is 10$  Just heating the hub will expand it and allow it to be tapped off with two hammers tapping at 12-6 then 3-9 on the clock respectively for a slow removal.      

     

Now I have to hook up the tranny lines and install all the Eaton 1100 hydro stuff after removing the electric PTO stuff

Not to mention putting onhe wheel weights and snowblower

Boston is getting 10 15 inches tonight

It's  tall order to get that all done today

I may be using my toro walk behind 

Edited December 16, 2020 by Scotsman

[pfrederi 17,866]

Tapping hubs off with hammers may work but it is risky.  Too easy to pull the axles out as it is only a snap ring holding it in the tranny

[wallfish 17,079]

Safer to use the penetrating oil and the torch in conjunction with the puller instead of going directly to hammer on the hubs. Removing the set screw completely to load oil directly in that hole helps too. Use the hammer to hit the threaded rod piece of the puller to shock it loose. And some of those need more patience then others too. The cast hubs are hard but also brittle.