No hub pullers in paradise

This is a shout out for a little help! Anybody have a rear hub puller? Or suggestion on how to make something easy that works? So I have been tracking down this grumbling sound in my driveline for nearly 5 years! Rebuilt my T-90...rebuilt the dana 18....twice....rebuilt my rear end...tried it with the E-brake drum off, turned driveshaft 180 degrees, had driveshaft balanced and checked for slop in slip splines...pretty much everything imaginable. So I live in Hawaii which is not the best place to find Willys parts but I just did happen to score a set of Cj2a axles for a decent deal on Craigslist yesterday. The problem is this new dana 41 has a frozen drum on one side. I need to pull the drum and I just can't come across a puller anywhere! I need to pull these drums and figure out what's locked up... while I'm at it I'm going to swap my 11" drums on the donor axle. Any chance someone has one that would work and would be willing to flat rate it out to zip code 96817 (Honolulu)? I will pay for shipping both ways and I will pack the return box up with enough Hawaiian chocolate, coffee and macadamia nuts to last you a few months! Please let me know, I'm getting anxious, I might just throw the new axle in and try to bust it loose in 4Lo! Aloha:)

Hey thanks! I'll see if I can come across the materials this weekend. I made a puller for pulling my drum off the t-case as well, thing works great. thank you

Could I use a brake drum instead of a wheel, or double two brake drums up? (I would cut the drums up and just layer them so they would be thick enough) Then run the 1/2 inch steel over the center hole. I might even be able to mount the other puller I made for my E-brake drum in either the wheel/donor brake drum material.

You only use the wheel for a bolt pattern to draw on the steel  do not cut a wheel up

Edited by p3ferris - 27 Mar. 2015 at 8:39am

http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/pulling-brake-hubs_topic64_post206.html?KW=hub+puller#206Go down to the post where I describe how to build one. There are pics. of it on the forum some where

Remember if you cannot  I would ship my T handled one for you.  I was there a few years back.  Stayed by the golf coarse, actually walked across it to a store.  I walked all around that area.  My daughter was stationed there.  I saw a 40's mil. designed  jeep there on the road. 

Edited by p3ferris - 27 Mar. 2015 at 9:04am

I have one and I will be in Honolulu at the end of May.....I could bring it with me.....:)

I picked up one of these by OTC. Shop around, there are a bunch of vendors with pricing all over the map.
It's pulled a lot of caked on impossible hubs without much effort.

http://www.zoro.com/i/G2754141/?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google_Shopping_Feed&gclid=CIiO5MHFycQCFdKGfgodt1gACw

Hmmm, not sure why link isn't linking but search on OTC hub puller.




http://www.zoro.com/i/G2754141/?utm_source=google_shopping&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google_Shopping_Feed&gclid=CIiO5MHFycQCFdKGfgodt1gACw

Edited by Tom in RI - 27 Mar. 2015 at 10:13pm

Ed, you visited Honolulu? I just moved here to Honolulu from Kauai, Hawaii just last August. Oahu has all the nice amenities of a city but I miss the country of Kauai! Much more jeep friendly and 4x4 adventures! Can't find a fun dirt road or trail to play on on this island! Very similar to finding a hub puller! I'm going to weigh out my options for either building one, buying one or borrowing one from someone this weekend. Thanks Stan, I've started to price them, looks like a solid puller, just gotta check shipping rates as they hit us hard out here. Larry, I'll probably figure it out by then but you should contact me when you are here, we can roll around in my 46! Mark, god I love a big hammer when things get tough, hammer and cut off wheels were once my tools of choice! Tom, thanks for the link, I'm going back and forth between getting craft and purchasing one. Lee, were you able to find a rental one that fit our 5x5 lug pattern? That was the issue I ran into at my local auto part store. Matco sounds like big money! lol.