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Old Jan 15th, 2018, 11:20   #1
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Morning all i bought one of these on recomendation of people that had used them on here. However when I came to use it yesterday I had problems.Firstly the extra end piece with the pimple for centering didn't fit on the end of the tool. tried it without bolted it up to hub wound in larger section till it bottomed on the halfshaft the wound in the smaller tommy barred thread. nothing is happening at all except the tommy bar is bending . Am I missing something or have I got a dud unit. Any advice please Al.
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Al;

I think and believe you are writing of rear Drum pulling (Hubs/Halfshafts don't get pulled out of Differential in the course of normal servicing) so that's what my following info is directed at... I am not familiar with the "kangs tools" unit just from the name, so some pictures would help... but if pulling Drums, puller MUST be of the approved design, as shown here: http://www.sw-em.com/Brake_Drum_Notes.htm

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Thanks Ron Yes i'm pulling the rear brake drums off. The puller I have is the same one in the bottom picture of the article you posted for me .Its the 2 ton hydraulic one. I've read people on here have used them with success thats why I bought one.

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Al,

I'm in Beeston near Nottingham (just off junction 25 of the M1).

If you want a hand getting your drums off, bring your car round and I'll get them shifted for you.

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Al;

After reading the Tech Article, you should be well informed with the important factors and ready to apply irresistible removal force (if you're still having doubts or difficulty, I'd verify hydraulic puller is operating as expected before uniting it with Drum)...if necessary, it sounds like Mike is also available to supply a second set of eyes and brain to check and assist...

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Thanks Ron and Faust. I have found the problem the plunger that is operated by winding in the smaller thread was already out stuck at its maximum travel so had nowhere to go. I put it on the press at work and gently pushed it back in. So all should be good hopefully. I think someone had used it and returned it as the instructions were missing also.
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Al;

...so in your experience, it also didn't retract?!?...I recall another user having that experience...either they truly don't have a retracting spring, or this is a weak point in the design, which often fails, needing an outside compression force to retract the piston...the important thing, the extension of piston to make the irresistible force necessary for the job is certainly there, but the retraction seems to be a design weakness...
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Yes Ron its a design fault i'm going to have to do one side then nip back to work to push it back in on the press before I can do the opposite side. Luckily I only live 5 minutes from work. Thanks for your help.
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I just knocked mine back in with a hammer. Didn't seem to do it any harm.

You are right that the tommy bar is a bit light. I expect that it may be designed that way, to avoid exceeding the design pressure, but I fabricated an adaptor to fit over the tommy bar (a short length of tube with a slot in one end to fit over the bar, and an old wheel nut welded on the other end) so that I could get a socket on it to release a particularly stubborn drum. Come to think of it, I could just have cut a slot in an old suitably sized socket to the same effect.

Whatever, this hydraulic puller worked for me where a "proper" manual one with all the tricks had failed.
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