Astro Pneumatic Tool 78830 Heavy Duty Hub Drum and Rotor Puller Kit

I did all the typical efforts to remove the big, stuck brake rotors in my 2014 Ford F150 4x4: Saturate with WD-40, bang on the rear with a sledge hammer, use the heat gun, and this rotor didn't budge. The puller arrived today, and let me tell you, it does what it"s supposed to do in a major way. Take your time with this tool, and your rotor will come off. Saturate the front and rear of the hub with penetrate. Partially thread all six lug nuts on (you can't be too safe). Use grease on the main removal bolt on the threads and the two washers. Line up the gripper tabs behind the rotor and lock in place. Make the main bolt, finger tight against hub end. With everything in place, use a strap to keep the ends together. Slowly start to crank the bolt down with a ratchet, and when snug, I used an impact gun in small increments while holding the nut with a wrench, then I banged the surface of the rotor with a sledge hammer every so often, then back to the impact gun for a few seconds. Be ready for when the rotor pops, it won't fly off, thanks to the lug nuts partially threaded on. It works and is definitely for heavy duty jobs. I attached some pics so you can see the rust on the hubs that was bonding the rotor to it. The rotor is 14" in diameter.

Beast of a tool, got my stuck rotor off. You will want a 32mm socket to drive it.

The tool was delivered as expected. It certainly is a beefy tool that looks like it means business. After trying all the advice online on removing a stuck rear rotor on a 2011 GMC Acadia I decided to get this puller. The short story is it works like a charm. The long story is there may be a learning curve. First, my setup with the bolts did not work like as displayed in the instructions. I used both the short and long nuts on the large bolt. After two tries, the pulling arms popped off the rotor. I had a strap so after I next wrapped the strap around the pulling arms, and that when it worked. After a week's delay of trying everything, this tool worked in no time AFTER the learning curve of getting it set up on the rotor correctly. My final frustation was with the dust guard that gets in the way. I pryed it away for the rotor a short distance so that the pulling arm will fit on the back of the rotor. Although there was little damage to the guard, I appreciate a clean job and don't like scratching and bending things unecessarily. I think a strap should be included, but 5 stars since the tool work so well.

Seems well built. Lots of steel, and nice case. Docked one star, because I have to modify them to work correctly. (Minor to do if you have a shop...) The only issue I have is the longer arms with the short 'lips' that catch the drum or rotor don't stay perfectly square to the main bar. There's just little too much slop on how they fit on the main bar. That lets them slip away from the part being removed. I'm going to put just a little bit of weld in the square where the fit the main bar to slightly more square. Also, the lip of those arms isn't exactly 90 degrees, so that tends to make things worse. I'll fix that with a grinder, just to make them grab a little more. Should be ok when done with the mods. The other arms worked well for pulling a hub from a hydraulic motor, which was the reason for the purchase.

this thing works so easy. spent days banging on the drums waiting for this tool to show up. after a bit of a learning curve, it took a min of Actual effort to pop the drum free.

I waited way too long to change my rotors on my truck, so to no surprise those bad boys were horrifically seized on. In the 20 or so years I've been working on cars, I've never seen a ROTOR (not a drum) stuck to a hub as bad as this....I've had rotors stuck, but never once have I had the combo of PB blaster, heat, & a BFH fail me. after a solid 45 minutes of beating my old rotors to a pulp (even breaking out the sledge), I was not only deaf and tired, but my rotors haven't budged at all. I was at a loss. I knew they had rotor/drum pullers, but didn't think they'd make a puller that could accommodate 14" rotors on a truck (or at least not cheaply, for a driveway mechanic to justify buying). I thought I was SOL and would just need to keep beating, spraying, heating. I stumbled on this thing and decided to give it a shot. it was about half the cost of the OTC one, and I knew all 4 rotors were probably gonna fight me, so it was worth buying just to save myself the headache. I will say it's a little tricky to get on initially, especially if you're by yourself (a spare set of hands will definitely help). the backing plate will fight the tool a bit, so that's annoying to get it positioned. but after cranking the crap out of it with an impact, my rotor finally popped free. few things to note - I needed to use the ratchet strap method (as advised in the reviews) for extra leverage, so be aware of that. don't waste your time without it, the tool will just pop off. also make sure you have a 1 1/4" impact socket to drive the pin on the tool (the inner nut can be held with an adjustable). lastly...MAKE SURE YOU THREAD THE LUG NUTS ON TO CATCH THE ROTOR. if it's really stuck, it'll fly off with some major force. if you got a stuck rotor and tried everything....don't think, just buy it! easily saved me a few hours of hammering, heating, and cursing. it's also a very solid tool that I'm sure I'll have forever. I'll never be annoyed by a brake job ever again.

I like working my own cars (gen x) instead of paying $150 an hour for labor. So a front bearing job could be $1800 total for a part that cost around $200. First I was way over my head trying to do this job because it took me a long time, and a lot of mistakes to get it right so let’s just say $400 in parts(I destroyed the first set of bearings I bought) lol. If you want to use an impact to remove them fine who cares, do not use an impact to reinstall them-don’t do it!! I did some research on the Astro bearing puller set and was satisfied with what everyone said. Honestly it’s an awesome set, and it eventually worked for me. It comes with instructions and seems to be robust, except it wasn’t working for me. Ughhh. So I called Astro explained my issue with the collar being too small and they sent me the collar I needed (xla) for free!!! It just so happened this set probably works for 99% of vehicles, the set I bought was the XL, doesn’t work for a 2003 sequoia limited. I actually have another car I have to do bearings on, so it’s well worth the kit. All in all for the price, simplicity, and customer service Im very satisfied.

I am a professional Master Tech. Where I am there is one machine shop that closed down, and I am close to retirement so have no desire to build a machine shop of my own for the less than steady flow of cars that need this tool. Besides, I don't remember the machine shop having anything that does what this can do ON THE CAR! I bought this to pull drums, rotors and anything else it can "tug on". I took a 2005 Toyota Highlander in for a brake job and wheel bearings. Tried everything in my arsenal to remove the rotors. No avail. DESTROYED them using everything I could throw at them, and even peeled back the backing plates so I could pound on them with a ten-pound sledge. Beats me why the discs did not shatter, but they were pretty tweaked. Still nothing budged them. Ordered this tool after watching a few guys popping the rotors with one, and said, "what the heck". Next was to remove the carrier and take to a machine shop in another city if this didn't work. My impact gun took the wheels off, and removed the strut bolts from the carrier. I did NOT use it with this tool nor the bearing press tool. Hooked up the tool after delivery, and after adding some high density wheel bearing grease to the threaded "bolt", as I knew it was going to get about 20 tons of force put on it. Then I took out one big combo wrench to hold the inside nut and commenced cranking on the bolt head with my biggest breaker bar and my full body weight at one point. Way more torque than my air gun could ever muster. There was a creaking crack, and then "BOOM", the rotor bounced off taking tool with it. I was back out of the way in anticipation of the launch. It only flew about 20 inches, but would have hurt if I'd have been right there on top of it, so STAY BACK! But get the tool, I WORKS! Then did the other side and have played with it as a mobile press for a bunch of stuff now. SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT ONE OF THESE YEARS AGO!!! If you're a pansy and don't like heavy, don't buy it. This is a REAL tool, so it's heavy FOR A REASON. Man up or take your stuff to a shop. This CAN kick your but if you don't respect it, but I doubt you'll break it! Don't use a gun on it, as with that much stress on a pull, you'll tear up the bolt threads due to SPEED. Has nothing to do with weight. Don't be stupid. Use an impact and you'll be one of the whiners here who couldn't figure out why they trashed this tool. BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T HEED THR WARNINGS! That's why. It's like the guys who drill hole with hole saws, running the drill at full speed and whine because the saw got trashed half way through the cut! THEY WEREN'T DESIGNED FOR SPEED, AND IT SAYS SO ON THE TOOL! I get dozens of cuts on a single hole saw. Follow directions/instructions, and you'll have good tools for the intended lifespan...

Best tool ever!:2013 ram 1500 rotor wouldn't come off at alll completely rusted to the bearing. In 5 minutes just popped it off. And I spent a full day heating and smacking with a dead blow. Worked flawless!

Una excelente herramienta , mejor que el martillo deslizante también lo tengo y es agotador cuando no sale con rapides la pieza, pero esta herramienta tiene mucho mayor presentación en nuestro trabajo incluso hasta cuándo el cliente esta mirando como y con que herramientas trabajamos , rapido , bien hecho y poderosa muy completa a bajo costo en comparación con otc estoy muy feliz gracias a ASTRO y AMAZON

Una herramienta de uso rudo que te ahorrará dolores de cabeza. No duden en comprarla por qué solita se terminará pagando sola.

Tool is made extremely well and sturdy. I recommend it 100%

This thing works great. Best purchase on tools. I’ve bought in a long time. Easy to use. Some people were putting straps all over it to hold it together and to keep it from flying off when the brake disc broke free. All you have to do is put a couple lug nuts on to keep the brake disc from flying off. Super easy to use.