All Willys vehicles other than the MB, GPW and early CJ-2A used tapered axle shafts on the rear axles. All of these vehicles require the use of a special heavy duty rear wheel hub puller part number C-319.

This puller has three legs that attach to three of the wheel hub bolts with the use of three wheel nuts. The puller drive screw end fits into the recess at the outside of the axle shaft. With the use of a sledge hammer the puller slowly pulls the wheel hub and brake drum from the tapered end of the axle shaft.

This can be a potentially dangerous operation as the axle shaft nut has a minimum torque value of 150 foot pounds. The wheel hub is usually corroded onto the axle shaft and a square axle shaft key securely seats the wheel hub to the axle shaft.

Never sit or stand in front of this type of puller while removing the hub and drum. With the build up forces being applied to the hub and drum with the puller and sledge hammer there is always a potential for a catastrophic seperation of the hub, drum and puller from the axle shaft, meaning the whole assembly can shoot out and take anything in it's path with it.

The use of any other type of puller will almost certainly result in a bent brake drum and a bent or cracked wheel hub.

The finest quality C-319 rear wheel hub puller ever made was the Blue Point #4567. The current production C-319 is a lot lighter at 8 lbs. compared to the 15 lbs of the Blue Point, but it will still get the job done. Both made in the USA.