I'm finding that I need to, pull wheels and press them back on, on my post war engines. What pullers should I get and wheel presses.
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The type of wheel being pulled or being pressed onto the axle will dictate what puller is used and what die is used. Lionel used and at one time sold a tool set which included an arbor press. Do an web search for Lionel tools there at one time was acompany I belived they were call Hobby House something like that still produced the press and all the dies, riviet sets etc need to work on Post War Trains. Be advised the tools are not cheap. I saw one at one of the Allentown shows last year or so and it was servers hundred dollars just for the press. PennsyDave may be able to help you as he does some of that stuff.
Hobby Horse also made (makes?) an arbor press and tooling such as wheel cups to facilitate heavy repair on postwar Lionel trains. I actually own the Hobby Horse press, but I confess, I haven't yet used it yet. There are projects I want to do. The press comes with a manual but it's very basic. I've never had a Shop class, and I simply don't know where to begin. I've looked, there are NO videos that I could find showing these presses in use. Everyone on YouTube seems to mount wheels using a bench vise.
Personally, I would PAY to attend a 3- or 4-day workshop demonstrating the proper use of these tools, and learning how to perform "advanced" frame-level repairs on postwar trains!
