Building an axle puller- Source for hardened threaded rod/screws, andthrough-hole threaded material for same?
I could do a bit of searching and flailing about, but figured I'd get
the benefit of a similar effort by someone and improve the SNR at the
same time.
I'm looking for some hardened threaded rod or screws, about 12 inches
long or a bit longer, maybe about 3/4 of an inch to an inch thick,
along with steel sections threaded to take the screw.
Idea being, weld the through threaded piece to a home-made tool that
can be used to press axles out of hubs, etc etc. This would be similar
to a 3-hole axle puller except it would fit onto all five lugs like
the factory shop tool (subaru hubs are a bit prone to getting tweaked
out of shape with a 3-hole puller, hence the dealers get a nice 5-hole
puller).
If the threads are formed with an eye towards high axial load (my ball-
joint tool seems to have a pointed thread, maybe acme thread is good
too?) that will be a big benefit, of course.
I'm guessing Mcmaster may have the rod (maybe even hardened), but have
not seen a through-threaded section there in my travels. A big
threaded rod and coupler nut may do the trick, but hardened and with
proper thread type is my preference.
Thanks in advance-
Dave
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