D2 Steering clutches

Thanks Neil that's exactly the info I was looking for
Hutchy

Neil I'm not sure how much force I put on them. I have a home made puller that uses a 1"UNF puller bolt in the centre and I put the 3/4 socket bar and a price of pipe (cheater) on it, do it up as tight as I can and then give the head of the puller bolt a good hard hit with the sledge hammer. They seem to pop right off. This actual one I'm working on at the moment was broken (due to rusted plates) so I heated it a bit with the torch and then hit the bolt, I think the heat helped a bit. I try to avoid heating if I'm going to reuse the hub, just makes me feel better and heating damages the springs. I've never tested the springs after heating but they always change shape a bit so they must change a bit. I'll round up a pic of the puller for you but you might have a different opinion of us Aussies after you see it!!
Cheers
Hutchy

Hutchy, what type/capacity puller did you use to pull your inner hubs? I have a 10t on mine without success and I see that they're pressed on at up to 15t so I'm not getting anywhere. Had a few ideas on here to try but am hoping to avoid any Heath Robinson setup if a couple of heat and pound cycles will do the trick (heads off to get more acetylene....)

I have always used one similar to this and had no problem.

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Hopefully the OTC will do the trick. If not, I'm refilling my acetylene today....

I always use a heavy square bar (2"?) With two holes across the end of the shaft. Add two hard studs, case hardened flanged nuts, and antisieze. Never had any trouble.

I use dynamite!

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