Re: Rear hub puller
Many years ago, I had a 57 Buick, factory standard shift. if you know anything about Buicks, in 57 they were still using a torque tube drive arrangement with coil springs. To disconnect the trans from the drive shaft the rear had to be moved rearward about 4". To accomplish this, I used an old fashioned bumper jack, you know the type. The ones that you always found in the trunk, rusty, and the damned things were well known for slipping. Anyway I put the base of the jack against the banjo a the part that lifts the bumper against part of the frame and jacked until the rear moved enough to rear the frame. he coils flexed and it worked. I didn't get killed or seriously hurt that day. But there's plenty that could have gone wrong that day.
But anyway. the Buicks, Oldsmobiles, Caddies, and LaSalles used that box. That type of transmission was called a "Selector box" because one arm did all the shifting, while they other arm "selected" which of the airs of gears would be shifted 1or R or 2 or 3. I think it was a Warner T 10. Very strong trans, around 100lbs IIRC, but slow to shift.
Terry
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