PLOMB 4410

[oldtools]

Looks like a threaded stud puller?
marked;
 4410 PLOMB
5/8-18 Los Angeles

2 1/4" long
3/4" square on top (looks like it was hit & mushroomed a bit)
threaded 5/8 x18 inside bottom,

has a threaded nut stuck inside? 
don't think the hex nut belongs inside, but it is stuck, will try EZ-out to remove it.

[FrankLee]

That would be a knock-off wheel puller... catalog 15A page 37.

[johnsironsanctuary]

Yup, that's an axle whacker for sure. Model A Ford rear axles are 5/8-18 threads.

[rusty]

Yup

[oldtools]

Thank you!! (couldn't find this in the PLOMB catalogs at bartlettstreet.com)

So how does this work?
screw it on a 5/8-18 stud, then knock it off? hit it out? twist it off?

Also ("it has that threaded nut stuck inside?  don't think the hex nut belongs inside, but it is stuck, will try EZ-out to remove it.")

Tried to remove the nut, looks like corners of the nut are expanded & it spins in a recess.
the hex nut has a 5/16 threaded hole. is the nut part of the tool? why?

OldTools Jerry is confused...

[Provincial]

A knock-off wheel puller is designed to remove hubs from tapered axles, like the ones on old Fords up to 1948.  To use it, you remove the nut on the end of the rear axle that holds the hub/brake drum on.  Screw the puller on but leave a small gap between it and the end of the hub.  Smack the end of the puller sharply with a large hammer.  The impact is supposed to knock the hub loose from the taper of the axle shaft.

In my experience, these can work if the hub has not been installed for very long.  If the hub won't pop loose after a couple of hits, move on to a real hub puller.  Continued beating will peen over the end of the knock-off puller or roll the threads over on the axle shaft.

[oldtools]

Thank you very much, still learning...
 I just found another knock-off, later model HEX-O, same 5/8-18 threads. (Now that I know what to look for).