<VV> REAR AXLE YOKE REMOVAL

[Tony Underwood]

Ahh...


I must have been doing it wrong when I broke two pullers (one of them 
a Snap-On, courtesy of Rick's Automotive during a tech session) while 
trying to remove the yokes from the axles on my '60.   Likewise my 
buddy James and his '62 Spyder when we were trying to get the axles 
out of that particular car... and even heating the yoke with a torch 
didn't help.


The next relocated tech session at Jame's place (also a club picnic 
function) revolved around a semi-contest on who could come up with a 
puller that would take the yokes off.    Mel Herwald had a really 
nifty puller that used a peculiar hydraulic principle with a 
two-stage multiplier "pull" function that looked promising but we 
didn't get a chance to put it to the test before time ran out or food 
appeared or something else happened to distract the masses.


Mel, you still in here somewhere?    What's the story on that 
pulley?    Ever use it on an early yoke yet?




tony..     still yet to get the yokes off the '60 4-door's axles


PS:   a more concerted effort may well be indulged should the 
recently repacked rear axle bearings decide to get 
noisy...  double-yoking etc...   whatever it ends up taking to get them off

PPS:    moral of story-   sometimes an early yoke will not cooperate 
regardless of the luck others may have had...   trust me