Originally Posted by
CroMo Mike
If you know someone with a metal lathe, they might be talked into making a puller like the Velo Orange one in the first post. A lathe can make any thread diameter you need, with the required 1mm or whatever thread pitch. It really only needs two flats, not a hex. Any good-sized bolt can be used for the pusher.
Here is how to do it, if you have a lathe.
1. Source the appropriate nut and bolt... am guessing an M16 stud connector (or imperial equivalent) and matching bolt was probably used as the base stock since they are long enough and only cost a few dollars. These are 24mm across the flats so the work to turn it down and thread it would be minimal and would yield very little waste.
2. Turn down the nut to 23.35.
3. Add groove between the threaded portion and the nut, this makes for easier and cleaner threading.
4. Cut the threads 1mm pitch with a .614 depth.
5. Turn down the end of the M16 bolt to 11.42 to fit the axle.