steering clutch pin puller homemade

I devised this puller to (possibly) pull out the steering clutch pins on my D6. I hope it works. These pins in the bell cranks are frozen solid, i can't get the bell cranks to move at all.

Fingers crossed that this will work. If anyone has any ideas better than this please share them with me, if i don't get this fixed its no good if i can't steer it.

Thanks,
Hotrodwelder

Looks like a good attempt, maybe a little help from a rose bud. If the double nut won't hold weld a nut to the all thread

If it doesn't come easy with the aid of some heat I'd be using a hollow ram hydraulic cylinder with support clear around the casting. If your not careful your libel to break something. Also want to shim any clearances so your pulling against a solid block.

I'd bore a hole in a piece of 3/4 or 1" that covers a large area e.g. most of the machined flat area, and place the puller on top of that, with the puller bolt going through the 1" to the pin. And Kroil it too...

Also. If the threaded rod your using breaks, You made need to up grade to grade 8. Dandy Dave!

Also. If the threaded rod your using breaks, You made need to up grade to grade 8. Dandy Dave!

I've used a large socket sitting over that pin with a suitable size grade 8 bolt stacked with washers as the puller and it has worked well on a couple of old Cats, several heat and cool cycles first with loose juice will be your friend for sure.
Good luck
Mike

Great Idea Mike! I think the heat and cool idea is going to be my best bet also...

I always like the tools guys make to fix things, make us think out of the box!