Rear hub/drum puller for Dodge/Plymouth

[Carla]

Hi, Bruce,

That puller on ebay is definitely a Plomb #4001 set.......a rear axle hub puller.

I know that particular tool from first-hand experience, as I have two of those sets here.....which I've used for Chrysler product hubs since back in the late '60's.....the reason for having a spare set is that I found it at the flea market, and kept the spare to loan out  to friends who may need it. This relates to 'Murphy's Law'......if I had only one set, and loaned it out, I'd never get it back.

(the semi-circular part and the two long capscrews are the adaptor for '28-'48 Ford rear hubs.

The old 'Plomb' brand are best quality tools........better steel than any tools made today, albeit not so prettily finished as the nice shiny new Snap-On stuff.

(actually, there are several makes of older tools which are pretty much equivalently high quality, as they were made to meet the old government/military specs......a far cry from the cheaply made tools of today, which one sees in the parts houses, etc.)

With a bit of careful ebay shopping, you can find older best quality tools which will give you adequate capability for most any work on older cars/trucks......for a fraction of the price of new lesser quality equipment.

If you have any interest in learning about such things, do an internet search on 'Alloy Artifacts', a study of older tools and their manufacturers.

cheers

Carla

[brucepine]

That Ebay puller sure looks like a steering wheel/ crank pulley puller, not a rear axle brake drum puller.

[Carla]

I noticed another one of those on ebay......item # 140178863966   ....the price seems really good, at at the moment, anyway

That one is the old Plomb make......the best quality version of that tool.

(I've no connection with the seller.....caveat emptor and all that)

cheers

Carla