Adjustable Bridge for Bearing Puller

[u118224]

Does anyone know of a resonanably priced bridge that I can use to pull a blind bearing? A slide hammer won't work because the workpiece is spring loaded. The bearing is just under 3" in diameter.

Thanks.

 

[toolchaser]

Can you use the hydraulic grease trick?

 

[u118224]

I thought about that but I've never done it. How do you contain the grease at both ends of the openining?

 

[toolchaser]

If it's a true blind bushing, one end should be closed already. Heavy grease to fill the cavity then a close fitting shaft or socket

 

[morregerbert]

I have kent moore 45124 with few different sets of legs. It's extremely inexpensive.

 

[jeremy v]

I don't know if it would work for the OP's situation, but you don't need to use grease for the hydraulic grease trick. I quite often don't have a shaft to hammer on that fits snug enough inside the bushing center hole to prevent the grease from just squirting out the gap around the rod I am hammering on, so more often than not, if I don't have a dedicated puller I use water soaked toilet paper or paper towel instead of grease.

Dunk the paper in water and then squeeze out most of the water until it is just damp. Keep stuffing it in and pounding on it with the shaft and within a minute or two the water soaked into the paper will perform the same hydraulic action the grease trick uses to push the bushing out. It leaves almost no mess and there is no chance of grease squirting out any gaps. I prefer using the toilet paper trick to quickly pull clutch pilot bushings and/or bearings, because then I don't have to worry so much about rogue grease possibly getting on my hands, tools, the clutch plate friction surfaces, flywheel etc while working.

 

[MattPersman]

Bread works too

 

[logixjock]

I don't know if it would work for the OP's situation, but you don't need to use grease for the hydraulic grease trick. I quite often don't have a shaft to hammer on that fits snug enough inside the bushing center hole to prevent the grease from just squirting out the gap around the rod I am hammering on, so more often than not, if I don't have a dedicated puller I use water soaked toilet paper or paper towel instead of grease.

Dunk the paper in water and then squeeze out most of the water until it is just damp. Keep stuffing it in and pounding on it with the shaft and within a minute or two the water soaked into the paper will perform the same hydraulic action the grease trick uses to push the bushing out. It leaves almost no mess and there is no chance of grease squirting out any gaps. I prefer using the toilet paper trick to quickly pull clutch pilot bushings and/or bearings, because then I don't have to worry so much about rogue grease possibly getting on my hands, tools, the clutch plate friction surfaces, flywheel etc while working.

Thanks Jeremy, I wouldn't have thought of that in a million years.

 

[humber2]

I don't know if it would work for the OP's situation, but you don't need to use grease for the hydraulic grease trick. I quite often don't have a shaft to hammer on that fits snug enough inside the bushing center hole to prevent the grease from just squirting out the gap around the rod I am hammering on, so more often than not, if I don't have a dedicated puller I use water soaked toilet paper or paper towel instead of grease.

Dunk the paper in water and then squeeze out most of the water until it is just damp. Keep stuffing it in and pounding on it with the shaft and within a minute or two the water soaked into the paper will perform the same hydraulic action the grease trick uses to push the bushing out. It leaves almost no mess and there is no chance of grease squirting out any gaps. I prefer using the toilet paper trick to quickly pull clutch pilot bushings and/or bearings, because then I don't have to worry so much about rogue grease possibly getting on my hands, tools, the clutch plate friction surfaces, flywheel etc while working.

When using this technique do you have to beat the cr^p out of it?

 

[WVBrady]

When using this technique do you have to beat the cr^p out of it?

He did forget to say "clean" toilet paper, didn't he?

 

[humber2]

He did forget to say "clean" toilet paper, didn't he?

Avoid recycled TP then as it may still be loaded.

 

[signcrafter]

I have kent moore 45124 with few different sets of legs. It's extremely inexpensive.

I just googled that tool and don't understand how it works? Do you just put the arms through the hole and push them out tight to the bearing?

 

[morregerbert]

this tool is just a bridge you have to use it with bearing pullers, they come in an in a different diameters, you can even use it with harbor freight #95987 pullers but will have to come up with adapter. i have bunch of kent moore and miller pullers and some german ones.

attached picture of pilot bearing that been removed with this setup, and look at design of this bearing, its caped from the back so no way grease, paper, bread or poop can be used to remove it.

I just googled that tool and don't understand how it works? Do you just put the arms through the hole and push them out tight to the bearing?

 

[signcrafter]

Thanks for the pics. Makes sense now.