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Daveyjonez · 01-19-2023, 01:20 PM

Hi guys:

What is the best way to remove the inner part of the road draft tube (in the valley)??. I tried grabbing it with vice grips, it doesn't seem to want to move.

Thanks in Advance,
Dave

leon bee · 01-19-2023, 01:33 PM

Heat around the bottom of it with propane torch.

marko39 · 01-19-2023, 01:54 PM

Stick a piece of wood inside it and wiggle it. Something that’s round and a little smaller.

Ronnieroadster · 01-19-2023, 03:11 PM

Just wiggle it a bit side to side it will come out. I usually put a vise grip on that tube when I find its a bit stubborn to remove and then use some side to side force. Once its out I simply tap the now some what flat area round again where the vise grip once sat.
Ronnieroadster

Daveyjonez · 01-19-2023, 05:14 PM

Great- thanks for the suggestions guys, ill give it another go!

Desoto291Hemi · 01-20-2023, 12:54 AM

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I inserted the handle end of a large screwdriver into the tube .
Wiggled it back and forth a few times,,,,,it came right out,,,,,,no damage at all .

Tommy

01-19-2023, 01:20 PM	#1
Daveyjonez Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 89	8ba road draft Inner tube removal Hi guys: What is the best way to remove the inner part of the road draft tube (in the valley)??. I tried grabbing it with vice grips, it doesn't seem to want to move. Thanks in Advance, Dave

01-19-2023, 01:33 PM	#2
leon bee Senior Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Arkansas Posts: 611	Re: 8ba road draft Inner tube removal Heat around the bottom of it with propane torch.

01-19-2023, 01:54 PM	#3
marko39 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: harpursville ny Posts: 1,040	Re: 8ba road draft Inner tube removal Stick a piece of wood inside it and wiggle it. Something that’s round and a little smaller.

01-19-2023, 03:11 PM	#4
Ronnieroadster Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: East Coast in CT Posts: 1,529	Re: 8ba road draft Inner tube removal Just wiggle it a bit side to side it will come out. I usually put a vise grip on that tube when I find its a bit stubborn to remove and then use some side to side force. Once its out I simply tap the now some what flat area round again where the vise grip once sat. Ronnieroadster __________________ I use the F word a lot no not that word these words Flathead , Focus and Finish. "Life Member of the Bonneville 200 MPH Club using a Ford Flathead block" Owner , Builder, Driver of the First Ford Flathead bodied roadster to run 200 MPH Record July 13, 2018 LTA timing association 200.921 in one and a half miles burning gasoline. First ever gas burning Ford flathead powered roadster to run 200 MPH at Bonneville Salt Flats setting the record August 7th 2021 at 205.744 MPH

01-19-2023, 05:14 PM	#5
Daveyjonez Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 89	Re: 8ba road draft Inner tube removal Great- thanks for the suggestions guys, ill give it another go!

01-20-2023, 12:54 AM	#6
Desoto291Hemi Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Carthage , Tennessee Posts: 199	Re: 8ba road draft Inner tube removal Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) I inserted the handle end of a large screwdriver into the tube . Wiggled it back and forth a few times,,,,,it came right out,,,,,,no damage at all . Tommy