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[Matt @ Surrey Hills Motor Group]

having broke another flywheel puller, im now looking at getting a decnt one as it gets used several times a month (not just on my cars before you ask!)
So I'm looking at either getting a Mondo Sport hydraulic puller from Gerard Dale http://geralddale.co.uk/archives/655 or a KAD puller http://www.kentautod...flywheel-puller

the Mondo Sprot one is £200 and the KAD one is £100

Has any one got any experience with either - are they worth the price???

thanks in advance!


Matt

[JustSteve]

I don't think I will ever have to replace my 'heavy duty' puller from minisport.. As it's steel not ali', it's not going to snap, and it's about as thick as I thick thing!

Cost £28 IIRC (compared to £24 for a 'normal' one)

I just don't see that spending a fortune on one of those is necesary.

[Guess-Works.com]

I'll be supplying hydralic pullers, very similar to mondo sport one soon, and they certainly will not be anywhere near £200, I'm just waiting for the final make up of the plate which the rams screws into..

The downside is that you can't use one when then engine is in the car...

Out of the numerous pullers which I have, some which I've bust well and truely the one which seems to keep on going is the S&P universal puller 08510100

http://sykes-pickava...ssion Tools.pdf

not to be confused with the mini puller which is IMO pants.

[Matt @ Surrey Hills Motor Group]

yes I've gone through about 5 of the S&P Mini Pullers - the main problem with them is the main bolt uses far to coarse thread for the job!

[shellspeed]

Iirc Bill Solis used a super dooper puller in the 1380 engine builder DVD. With some gusto he mentioned how this puller never lets him down etc etc....

He had more torque on this thing than it would take to get the world spinning again and eventually the 'scene' ended. Next thing you know its on the its on the floor.

When I saw the guy who made the film at Bingley I asked how they got it off and he said they were running out of tape so stopped filming and went for a cup of tea. When they came back it had popped.

[Guess-Works.com]

There are two types of pullers which S&P sell, the "mini" one which has a small diameter course thread, and the better of the two "universal" puller which has a fine large diameter thread...

As detailed above in my previous post.

[tiger99]

The limitation with all these pullers is that if you make the pulling mechanism (screw thread or hydraulic) strong enough to shift the tightest flywheel, the three bolts will be the liniting factor. Obviously grade 12.9 bolts are feasible, but what about the strength of the threads in the flywheel?

Just curious. I have been lucky so far with a very cheap but solid puller.

[mini13]

Ive got one of these too and its great! previously I had been using a home made Hydraulic puller (this one... http://www.drjing.co...aulicPuller.htm) but the old skool came up for 30 quid and I had to have it!

I have managed to pull the threads out of a flywheel once, but that was using a cheap puller, and may have been down to the softer bolts, so I tapped it out to 3/8 and used head studs/nuts

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