I made my own puller too. Used a steel thing and some bolts and nuts. It was a one time thing and broke as i removed it from the wheel afterward but I had to do it. The splines on the column were/are shredded.
Give a shot at the loosening the nut, moderate pulling and tapping first and maybe you'll be one of the ones it worked for. If not, head to autozone and do the deposit thing. Who knows, maybe it's off by now.
= cracked dash or chipped out sleeve from missed hits or swinging the hammer too far back...because you cant hammer if off from the front...lol
I agree on getting the puller. It was worth my money of buying one a long time ago. If your worried about the money then just go to the parts store, give them cash, go out in the parking lot and do the wheel swap. Then return it. This way you don't have to make two trips and you won't chance loosing it or never taking it back
We all like to work on cars and we need tools to do this so why not buy a puller. If you get your money back then a few years down the road you will have to pay double for a puller that probably is made cheaper than the one you bought a few years ago. I have specially tools in my tool chest that I bought when I was a teenager that I though I’d never use again and I find myself using them all the time.
Well tried renting a puller but ended up snapping the bolt on the pulley any ideas what went wrong. I followed the instructions on the box but that bastard wasn't moving
Did you loosen the big nut first? ... other than that I would say the splines are corroded and may need some PB Blaster or the like to loosen them up. Some wheels are loose enough, especially if they have ever been pulled off before and reinstalled, and others are going to fight you. I have a small puller that goes with me for every junkyard run. I have yet to use it, but don't want to regret not having it that one day I will need it.
It doesn't always help, but when I have a particularly stuck one I put some tension on the tool and try rocking the wheel. Sometimes this breaks them loose. When you have the added leverage to the rim of the wheel it gives you a little bit more persuasion. But you do have to be careful...too much force and you can bend or crack the wheel itself. I've also smacked the center of the column (where you just took off the big nut) with a hammer. But I don't recall that trick ever working and only used it on columns I wasn't planning on reusing (read: junk yard vehicles).
You don't pound on the wheel it's self, you apply pressure to the wheel (towards you) and you hit the shaft. Same idea with ball joints, the pressure and vibration breaks the friction grip. This video gives the idea but I push up on the wheel with my knees when I do it. If you don't you can damage parts like the bearing in the column. You can also get the puller applying pressure on the wheel and hit the pusher bolt, this can get them apart as well.
Auto parts stores will rent pullers. You pay the price of the tool and when you return it they give you back all your money. But if you don't return it, you've just bought the tool. Try it, it's easy.
OTE="Moneymaker 1, post: 1045121, member: 12991"]Wow 6 year old thread, rent the puller