Hub and bearing puller and press drive

A device for removing a hub from a bearing means fitted inside a spindle of an automotive wheel device, said hub including a disc having an outer neck extending outward thereform and spaced apart studs also extending outward therefrom, said device comprising:

• a screw drive having a head means and a screw portion;
• a brace means for contacting a fixed surface, said brace means including an opening dimensioned to permit said screw portion to extend through and to prevent the head means of the screw drive from passing through, said screw drive being rotatable within said opening;
• a housing having a threaded hole extending inward from the top thereof, for receiving said screw portion of the screw drive after said screw portion has passed through said opening of the brace means;
• a base plate having a central hole and spaced apart apertures, said apertures being dimensioned to receive said studs of the hub, said base plate being secured to the bottom of the housing, the inside of the housing adjacent the bottom being hollow and in communication with the hole of the base plate for receiving the outer neck of the hub;
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• attaching means for securing said studs of the hub to the base plate when the studs extend through the apertures of the base plate, said screw drive being rotatable in one direction without moving in a longitudinal direction when the head means is adjacent said opening of the brace means, thereby causing said housing to move longitudinally along said screw portion toward said head means of the screw drive for pulling the hub out from the bearing means and moving said outer neck into the hollow of the housing via the hole of the base plate.