Lotus Elan +2 Rear Hub Part 1: Bespoke hub puller 

Hurrah! I feel satisfied just watching. Bravo.

Octagonal wheel nuts look so much nicer than 'knock off/on' nuts, also they are more secure on a road car.

It's a struggel getting hubs off an Elan I took my hubs to an engineering firm. I have also seen that they can break very easily. Well done you did a good job. Desire and patience.

Super Video Ian, please keep producing them - they are very helpful indeed. Thank you!!!

Nice one. A real pain of a job, keep up the good work. Great to see a proper workshop 👍

Great video. I just removed one of my hubs using the little insert and three eared spinner. Tightened it up then waited 10 mins and it was loose - so I had it easy this time.

Ingenious. Well done that man!

well done

The problem with generic pullers of the operating principle you made is that the hubs being cast of steel rather than iron, they can easily distort when pulled (or banged) unevenly on the outside (one would need to be quite cautious to apply pressure very gradually all around). Then the wheel contact patch not being flat the wheel nut may/will tend to undo under use. Many hubs have been damaged over the years and that was becoming an issue, till hubs copies were manufactured again alleviating the increasing scarcity of good hubs. The hub puller shown at the beginning (which is the one recommended in the Lotus manual) is the safest, most efficient way to remove rear hub (you may achieve that with a sacrifical nut, needs heat, bang on the pressure point, and repeat, with some luck), as the pulling effort is coaxial and very close to the mating surfaces. They're not that rare or expensive anymore, and could be lent by a fellow enthusiast I'm sure.

Fantastic video! As soon as you started using your MIG welder, I said to myself, "He should be using a stick welder." Why? Because I only have a stick welder!

Getting the bearings out is not so easy either, good effort.