Brake pins need to come out before the rear end can be disassembled. The brake shoes pivot on these and the only part of it that can be seen from the outside is a small lip that is machined into the end. The puller has enough strength to pull the end right off the pin and that's just what I did. Then you're looking at a 1/2 inch stub that's just 3/8 inch long sticking out of the cast iron rear end, wondering how to pull a 6.5 inch long 3/4 inch diameter pin that's been rusting there for 50 years! I noticed I had obtained lateral movement and verified this by tapping it back in the 1/16 inch it had moved. I first ground flats on to the stub to see if I could turn it with a wrench, at first I thought YES, but no the end had just broken flush with the housing. With nothing to grab I drilled and tapped for a 3/8 inch bolt and fashioned a washer to fit the puller again, this time it came but fought the puller the whole way. The other side went in a similar manner. The engineer that decided this was a good idea is probably still laughing at us tractor nuts!

The Brake Pin Puller is made at Agrimson Tool Company in Minnesota.