"Madness"... there's that word again... something about Festivas that.... well, y'all get it.
V8Festiva & I were working on replacing axles, rotors, wheel bearings & other related stuff today. We got the steering knuckles removed & realized we didn't have a way to separate the hub from the rotor. Dang it! What to do now? Do we make a dash (heh...almost said, "mad dash")to the auto parts store & borrow/buy a special tool? Or do we take a stand for True Festiva... (errr... you know) and see what we can Rube Goldberg together? I think y'all know the answer even before I say it.
By God, its gotta be Rube Goldberg or Bust! After a few minutes of noggin scratching & some scrounging thru stuff in the back yard, we returned to the garage with the essential ingredients for a Hydraulic Hub Separator: 1-slightly neglected steel wheel with plenty o-openings, 1-el cheapo bottle jack, 2-sections of trailer chain (I'd be willing to bet some of youse thought I was gonna say, "trailer trash"; which in & of itself would have been entertaining, but I digress...), a handful of 3/8" x 2-1/2" bolts, washers & hex nuts and 1-socket (1-1/8"). Wrap the chains thru the wheel, bolt 'em to the steering knuckle & jack the heck out of it... POP! Out comes the hub with minimal effort. I even have video to prove that the dang thing actually worked...
On-The-Fly Festiva Hub Separator: The Movie
And of course, some pics....
Ready for Blast off?
V8Festiva giving it all he's got & Barbara moves to safety.
Sam.1956's turn now
Dang! It actually worked!
V8Festiva & I were working on replacing axles, rotors, wheel bearings & other related stuff today. We got the steering knuckles removed & realized we didn't have a way to separate the hub from the rotor. Dang it! What to do now? Do we make a dash (heh...almost said, "mad dash")to the auto parts store & borrow/buy a special tool? Or do we take a stand for True Festiva... (errr... you know) and see what we can Rube Goldberg together? I think y'all know the answer even before I say it.
By God, its gotta be Rube Goldberg or Bust! After a few minutes of noggin scratching & some scrounging thru stuff in the back yard, we returned to the garage with the essential ingredients for a Hydraulic Hub Separator: 1-slightly neglected steel wheel with plenty o-openings, 1-el cheapo bottle jack, 2-sections of trailer chain (I'd be willing to bet some of youse thought I was gonna say, "trailer trash"; which in & of itself would have been entertaining, but I digress...), a handful of 3/8" x 2-1/2" bolts, washers & hex nuts and 1-socket (1-1/8"). Wrap the chains thru the wheel, bolt 'em to the steering knuckle & jack the heck out of it... POP! Out comes the hub with minimal effort. I even have video to prove that the dang thing actually worked...
On-The-Fly Festiva Hub Separator: The Movie
And of course, some pics....
Ready for Blast off?
V8Festiva giving it all he's got & Barbara moves to safety.
Sam.1956's turn now
Dang! It actually worked!
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