What do you guys use on your shop press to press out & install bearings? I have a race/seal installer kit from Lisle Tools, works great for seals, but I believe they are aluminum and I don’t think they would hold up against a 20 ton press. I have seen shops use assorted pieces of solid steel rod in various sizes to do this, but where do you get stuff like that?
Hydraulic shop press accessories
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GeorgiaHybrid
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It's about the only thing that I have found cheap sockets to be good for. Buy them in assorted sizes from the bulk barrel at a pawn shop for $.50 each in sizes from 1/2" to 2" or so and you should be good to go.
If the drive end is too small, grab a torch and make it fit.
You can also check with a local steel fabricator and pick up some short pipe drops from their handrail line and maybe small pipe hangers or posts.
If the drive end is too small, grab a torch and make it fit.
You can also check with a local steel fabricator and pick up some short pipe drops from their handrail line and maybe small pipe hangers or posts.
garfunkle24
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Keep the old bearing and grind a few thou off the outside race and use it to press in the new bearing. Do this every time and you end up with a good collection of bearing 'drivers'. Also, as stated above, sockets make great driving tools.
How else you gonna use that 29mm socket?
How else you gonna use that 29mm socket?
coldfusion21
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Ya, buddy picked up a cheap 3/4 or 1 inch socket set and it's earned it's keep as bushing/bearing drivers many times over.
Other option is bar ends if you have access to a scrap bin or know someone who does.
Other option is bar ends if you have access to a scrap bin or know someone who does.
http://www.google.com/products/cata...i=r4-3TeKGK9GtgQfs3_V8&sqi=2&ved=0CEIQ8gIwAw#
Along with a few plates ( in pairs ) in various thicknesses, 1/4", 1/2", 1"
Along with a few plates ( in pairs ) in various thicknesses, 1/4", 1/2", 1"
airbuff101
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John,
Once you own a press you will never let Any cylindrical object be tossed out any longer. All will become press tooling...eventually
Good Bearing splitters in at least a couple sizes are a must (Not any friggin' Chinese **** with these)
Take a look at Bearing/Bushing driver sets. (friggin' Chinese **** would probably work here ....but would make me gag). Bushing/Bearing driver sets are steel and usually double sided (2 diameters each disc). Very handy stuff to have around and old U.S. stuff is easy to find cheap.
airbuff
Once you own a press you will never let Any cylindrical object be tossed out any longer. All will become press tooling...eventually
Good Bearing splitters in at least a couple sizes are a must (Not any friggin' Chinese **** with these)
Take a look at Bearing/Bushing driver sets. (friggin' Chinese **** would probably work here ....but would make me gag). Bushing/Bearing driver sets are steel and usually double sided (2 diameters each disc). Very handy stuff to have around and old U.S. stuff is easy to find cheap.
airbuff
eldirector
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I just used my press a bunch replacing a ring and pinion. I beg, borrowed, and bought some heavy-wall rectangular tube to stack under the bearing puller, and some heavy angle iron as well. Worked like a charm.
Finally found a use for some of my 3/4" impact sockets! Happened to be the correct size to press off the carrier bearings.
I learned a while ago to NEVER toss any pieces of thick steel. Too many uses.
Finally found a use for some of my 3/4" impact sockets! Happened to be the correct size to press off the carrier bearings.
I learned a while ago to NEVER toss any pieces of thick steel. Too many uses.
May Pop
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I use large pipe couplings.I keep them in a bucket under the press, just toss them in when done.
Ron
Ron
That's a great idea. Does it matter what type of pipe it is (galvanized, black, etc.)? I was thinking about getting some pipe end caps for this very thing but I didn't think they could stand up to the pressure, maybe couplings with a plug on one end is the trick, and it's a pretty cheap solution
stout1
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Maybe you can find a local hobby machinist to make up some drivers for you when you need them.
Just like plumbers, electricians, and mechanics, everyone should have a machinist for a friend.
Just like plumbers, electricians, and mechanics, everyone should have a machinist for a friend.
ptschram
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This! If I'm putting something together, or taking it apart, it stands to reason that I should make the tooling.
I have lots of safe and efficient press tooling. It makes the difference between doing the job safely and either not getting the job done, or being hurt in the process.
jsaw
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what he said.
Charles (in GA)
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Aluminum race and seal drivers. That is some hard aluminum and if they will take a beating with a hammer and install a race, they will work fine with a press. It doesn't take 20 tons to press a race into a hub
Don't forget V blocks. I wished I had a set. My press would have come with them new, but that was many years ago, and they were long gone when I bought it. I suppose someone with a piece of 1" plate and a plasma cutter could make a set. They are pretty expensive. I wished I had some, could have used them today.
Yes, steel plates wide enough to span the bed are quite handy.
Charles
Don't forget V blocks. I wished I had a set. My press would have come with them new, but that was many years ago, and they were long gone when I bought it. I suppose someone with a piece of 1" plate and a plasma cutter could make a set. They are pretty expensive. I wished I had some, could have used them today.
Yes, steel plates wide enough to span the bed are quite handy.
Charles
I scored a bunch of steel plates of various sizes, there nice to have around, also some round stock.