What I do to get the boss off is lay it on a hard metal surface (I use my vice) put the nut back on the (Just in case I miss) and then pound it with a hammer.
I would think most experienced members would use that technique.
I would like to make this observation from
personal experience.
Being part of a large engineering shop as a young lad made me
observe the techniques used by tradies.
We avoided the laying of the Victa bosses on fixed hard surfaces.
Instead, we used the BIG hammer / small hammer approach.
Gadge has said pullers are not a good solution here, and this must
be related to what I experienced.
By using a BIG hammer as support, and using a smaller hammer (regular size)
as the hitter, I noticed tapers would be 'released' in about two strikes.
The 'shock' was transferred
through both hammers.
When hitting against a fixed object, like a vice, I noticed this would take
longer! I think this means the shock (wave) 'broke the taper' more readily,
and the BIG hammer / small hammer method supplied this more effectively.
I understand most folk will have a vice and an engineering hammer.
Most will not have what we had - a large selection of equipment.
It's just an observation.
All very stubborn boss.----------------------------------
Jack
