RE: IML: Drum Puller on eBay

["W.Roddick" <1roscoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You are right about the "abuse" that is sometimes exerted on these pullers
to remove those tapered drums.  It took every bit of my 425lb (torque)
pneumatic impact, working on that forcing screw, to pop my drums off.  Those
drums just laughed at the sledge hammer.

Bill & Tami Roddick
'64 Imperial Crown (life-time project)
'72 'Cuda 340 (in pieces right now)
'88 Cherokee Laredo
'95 Concorde


  

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Subject: Re: IML: Drum Puller on eBay

i have been told that the jc whitney tool is not great quality. for anyone
who has used a drum puller you know  how much abuse the tool must take. any
problems and the drum can be destroyed or you can be hurt. in the long run,
paying a little more for thr quality tool is much cheaper. i recently paid$
79.00 on ebay for a puller and was glad to get it. it is 40 years old but
still quite capable of doing the job. 
i have never seen or used the jc whitney tool, so if it is a quality tool
then go for it. personally i find it hard to believe it can match the "old"
one at a price of $29.99. remember, a used brake drum averages about $100.00
and an injury to you or your car can cost alot more. i have pounded on these
pullers with small sledge hammers to 
remove a drum, so keep that in mind when you purchase this tool.   
dennis,  53 imperial, 54 windsor convertible.




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