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dose anyone know how to break loose the rear wheels from the axel shaft on a 27 truck? a friend of mine told me about a tool called hammer nut dose any one know where to get one thanks rich

That is a tough one. If the truck is drivable, loosen the axle nut, and drive the truck slowly and make several turns. The hammer nut is an excellent way to ruin the threads on the axle. If all else fails you may have to resort to heat on the hub.

Wish you luck as you will need it.

There is an hub puller tool that screws on to where the small screw on axle cap, (hubcap) does and then you can use the axle nut to pull the hub. I have seen one but I don't have one or use one, I do like Ray says first I jack the wheel off the ground, remove the axle nut and washer, soak the inside with (PB Blaster spray penetrating oil). rock the wheel back and forth quickly, and tap around the hub with a brass hammer or a dead-blow hammer, see if you can loosen the square axle key. If this does not work, put the washer and nut back on a couple of rounds loose and drive around the block SLOWLY and come back and try to pull the hub again, if that don't work after a couple of trys, try the heat. Do you have wood spoke or steel disk wheels? The heat should not be applyed too fast or too hot (don't get it red hot or hot enough to take the temper out.)

I think the nut your friend told you about it for pulling the axle after the hub is off, I may be wrong about that however, It could damage the axle threads or the differential.

Derek Page in Australia (member no.09531) (djpage@primus.com.au) makes reproduction chev 4 wheel pullers, cars and trucks have the same threads. Basicly this screws on to the hubcap thread and a centre force screw pushes against the axle,tension and give the centre force screw a quick tap with a hammer and it breaks the taper on the hub this is the same tool as is found in the Kent Moore catalogue. I've had mine for over 20 years and everyone borrows it and it's still going strong. : Jim

I have a 27 chev touring with wooden wheels & had this problem a while back. I tried everything and it cost me a brake drum and a wooden wheel.
The only safe way to get it off is first losen the axel nut & pry some penitrating oil in arond the hub & the shaft, heat the hub lightly remembering the wooden spokes & the gas tank, drive the car around the block carefully a few times & have a coffee. Invest in a 27 chev hub puller a devise which screws on in place of the hub cap (wheel nut & washers removed), This devise has a bolt through it horizontally which is used to tighten the devise on to the threads. It also has a bolt going through it with a point on the end to go into the small hole in the end of the axel so it doesn't slip or wander and a head on the other end to put your wrench. Tighten this as tight as you can. Tap the sides of the hub with a brass hammer, put more penitrating oil on the axel and hub & tighten it some more & go for another coffee it should pop off if you repeat this - mine came off while I was gone. Never use a regular puller through the spokes to the brake drum or you will end up with a bent drum.This puller is hard to find, I found one that was close & took it & a hub cap to a machine shop & had it machined to the same size & thread.
I just noticed in this months Generator & Distributor Gary Wallace has these for sale in St Louis MO (314) 293-1991

Hi Rich,
I have a hub puller made by a very special friend. The theory of operation is that the collar is screwed onto the hub threads and the pinch bolt is tightened to hold it in place. The center bolt applies pressure to the axle shaft when tightened. A swift whack on the end of the center bolt is usually enough to pop the hub loose. Here are some pictures.



The "hammer nut" or "knocker" as it is also known is an implement that screws onto the end of the axle shaft. The theory of operation is to jack the opposite wheel of the car off the ground and strike the knocker with a hammer to pop the hub loose. This is a last resort as there is a danger of damaging the hub or wheel if you miss with the hammer.



Best Wishes.
-R

This may be simplistic but it woked for my 28. take off the steel wheel nut cover, pop in a couple of large nuts (Spacers). Put the cap back on and them tighten using the threads on the wheel hub, mine just popped off using this method with no extra tools.

The post from Antique I thought was the best way to remove the wheel.get it Slightly loose and go like hell around the corners.

I just had &%$!)9 28 rear axle stuck tight. I cussed, I hit, i pulled and for about a week. Go to http;//members.shaw.ca/rjsill/tech.htm. He has an excellent tool that you can manufacture for a few bucks. If you don't find it let me know and I'll try to send a picture to you By the way the pictures will have NAPA service tools Bearing shell. Good luck

That tool is stellar! what a good idea, but if used should be placed as close to the hub as possible because it will damage the threads for the hubcap.

I used a 3/4 deep socket, ground the outside edge of the hex end down to fit inside the hub so that the hex end of the socket would rest on the sholder of the axel. Three good taps with a hamer and the hub came off. Use any size deep socket that will fit around the axel threads with out harming them. I had tried all kinds of solvents including the famious PB Blaster and heat and cooling. This saved a wood spoke wheel and brake drum.

You can make a puller out of a steel truck hubcap. You drill a hole in the end and weld on a nut. You turn in a long bolt. Below is a picture of the one I made for myself last year. I used a bolt I had on hand. If I were to do it again, I would use a bigger fine thread grade 8 bolt and nut. To use it you turn the hub cap on the hub and then turn in the bolt to pull off the wheel.