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I saw a posting of this tool and had to have one.

Is it used to remove the u-joint/drive shaft bushing ?

Bill

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the posting, but you got to it before I did. You do very nice work. Did you harden any of the parts? I'm thinking that it doesn't work so hard that it's necessary other than the two dogs on the end, and I figure case is hard enough for the work it has to do.

Did you use a 20 pitch on the threads?

Scott, The shaft is a left over 1" PH 4140 with 16 TPI. The fingers are scraps of A2 and hardened by eye. The spring is from a ballpoint pen and too soft, so I have to wind one from piano wire. The spring doesn't have to do any more than extend the fingers after It goes through the hole as the fingers have a 5 deg. angle to hold there position and hold the load. The pressure cone is a donut hole from a 1 1/2 7075 plate. All materials are left over from previous commercial work.

Nice work Bill. Attached photo of my Stevens kit for d.s. & rear axle service - note the angle of the spring loaded fingers of the Stevens puller - you might need to adjust your angle to more agressively grab the d.s. bushing. I can get a more clear photo later.

Bill

thank you for the info, particularly the TPI...that really looks "just right" for the work intended

Steve

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