hand wheel bearing packers

[tigmusky]

hi all ,

I broke a K-D bearing packer . I've had it for 15 + years so I got my moneys worth. If the tool guy won't warranty it , should I get the same one or is there better one out there. Always looking for something cooler and better.

Thanks,Daye


http://www.kd-tools.com/2775.htm

 

[TBD]

I have the one you provided the link to, I can't imagine anything easier or quicker.

 

[krusty the clown]

looks like an ez squeeze

http://atoztool.com/270.html

i have the same one, can't imagine breaking it.....

 

[Art From De Leon]

looks like an ez squeeze

http://atoztool.com/270.html

i have the same one, can't imagine breaking it.....

I just ordered one, They are on sale.

 

[tigmusky]

looks like an ez squeeze

http://atoztool.com/270.html

i have the same one, can't imagine breaking it.....

my fault . I trying to fill it . And pryed too hard. Snap gos the ******!!

Daye

 

[Stephenw]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

 

[StupidHippie]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

How did you take that photo?

 

[Old Donn]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

I was hoping I wasn't the only one here who still did it the way dad taught me.

 

[tigmusky]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

old shcool

Daye

 

[Stephenw]

How did you take that photo?

I either put the camera on a tripod and triggered it with my nose, or just had the wife take the picture. Your guess?

 

[GeorgiaHybrid]

looks like an ez squeeze

http://atoztool.com/270.html

i have the same one, can't imagine breaking it.....

Same here, used it for years and it works great.

 

[PassnThru]

I sometimes wish I still owned something that had bearings that could be packed. I think every single thing I own now has sealed bearings.
I did the glob of grease in the palm thing too in the past and worked it in. Now that I have typed that it sounds really bad - you know what I mean.

 

[jeepnut24]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

X2, thats how Ive been doing it....

 

[pmohr]

Personally, I can't stand packing bearings by hand. I get dirty enough just doing a wheel bearing job with the above mentioned packers (which I absolutely love), much less doing them manually.

I by no means have anything against being dirty, but something about wheel bearing grease is just...a different kind of dirty.

 

[9GUY9]

i find doing it by hand to be just as fast and no more messy.

I have used the type shown and a more industrial version the mounts to the top of a 5gal pai of grease and you just push the lever down to force the grease through the bearing.

Even in a 7 day a week shop packing bearings is a couple time a month deal. I probably change 15 sealed bearings for every loose bearing I do.

 

[Longbob]

I love the "canister" bearing packers like the one in the first post. You can get a similar one from Pep Boys for about $11. It is the best packer I have ever used. Darn near makes packing bearings enjoyable. It wastes far less grease than any other method I have used, plus it is a handy way to store the grease for future use. I keep one at the house and one in my race car trailer.

 

[gofastman]

how do those compair to this:

 

[fordcragar]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

I bought one of the wheel packers that were mentioned, but it seems like I've always packed them like Stephenw does.

 

[tjmonsen5]

i pack my jetski trailers bearings by hand each year. It only take a minute tops. Its my only bearing that i own that needs to be packed, so i dont think buying an automatic one is worth the money to me.

 

[murph64]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

In the days before I thought about using gloves...


Andy

 

[nissan_crawler]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

Same here. At work we have the ones that go on grease guns, the ones that go on 5 gallon pails, and the style show on here. I still hand pack. It takes me less time to pack it than it does to use one of the others, clean the excess, and wipe the packer down. Slap on some gloves, pack it, toss the gloves. I can do 12 bearings in 2-3 minutes by hand.

 

[mkdive]

<---uses gloves and hands.

 

[TBD]

how do those compair to this:

Wouldn't recommend that style at all. That one you have to unscrew, put the bearing in, screw it together, start pumping grease. The original one posted you just set the bearing down and push down on the top plastic piece, job done.

 

[tylerae40]

+ 5 for hand packing
My father showed me how while swearing his head off (so i learned nothing), then my brother showed me how to do it properly and i learnt. I've found with those "best gaget" packers is thier only made for one size - they won't take a car trailer bearing and a truck trailer bearing and they take ****** long to clean. use your hands thats what they're there for- lube up and have fun. LOL

 

[Mickey O]

looks like an ez squeeze

http://atoztool.com/270.html

i have the same one, can't imagine breaking it.....

Any idea how small of a bearing that thing will pack? I'm looking for something for smaller trailer bearings. I think that A to Z tool used to be a few blocks from me but must have moved, still not to far so if it'll work for the trailer I'll stop by there and pick one up, not a big fan of hand packing.

 

[krusty the clown]

Any idea how small of a bearing that thing will pack? I'm looking for something for smaller trailer bearings. I think that A to Z tool used to be a few blocks from me but must have moved, still not to far so if it'll work for the trailer I'll stop by there and pick one up, not a big fan of hand packing.

it will work........

 

[Mickey O]

it will work........

Swwwweeeeeeet, no more greasy hands for Mickey! Thanks.

 

[rickairmedic]

In the days before I thought about using gloves...


Andy

LOL Andy thats the way Dad taught me ( we didnt have Nitrile gloves back then ) . I do use the gloves now just did a set last week.


Rick

 

[Elroy]

I can do 12 bearings in 2-3 minutes by hand.

Elroy tells me he would like to see that trick. Even if you took a full four minutes to pack a dozen bearings you're looking at 20 seconds per bearing. You might be good but you're not that good. No way.

We're talking about properly working the grease behind the cage and up through the rollers, not just smearing it around the outside.

If you had a dozen bearings fresh out of the box, you might pack a dozen bearings in 4 minutes with an EZ Squeeze.

You have simply exaggerated your claim.

 

[BorisBulldog]

hi all ,

I broke a K-D bearing packer . I've had it for 15 + years so I got my moneys worth. If the tool guy won't warranty it , should I get the same one or is there better one out there. Always looking for something cooler and better.

Thanks,Daye


http://www.kd-tools.com/2775.htm

Let me see if I get this right, you've used the KD Packer (that probably cost you $20.00) for 15 + years and you're bitching about a warranty for something that set you back $1.50/yr?

Do you want them to help pay your mortgage too?

 

[00S4Boy]

Let me see if I get this right, you've used the KD Packer (that probably cost you $20.00) for 15 + years and you're bitching about a warranty for something that set you back $1.50/yr?

Do you want them to help pay your mortgage too?

That wasn't the case at all he was saying if he doesn't get a new one for free, if there a better style on the market he can buy instead, he never expected it for free, but hey if he can get one for free why turn it away, and if he gets one for free no need to investigate into a new fangled contraption to pack bearings that might be superior or inferior.

 

[Merkava_4]

how do those compair to this:

That's the best one right there.

 

[Bart Simpson]

I either put the camera on a tripod and triggered it with my nose, or just had the wife take the picture. Your guess?

My guess is your wife since you don't have a nose.

 

[jay50]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

I'm just a litte more high tech when it comes to packing bearings.
I remove the sandwich from the sandwich baggie in my lunch pal; pop a wad of grease into the baggie along with the bearing and grease her up real good.

 

[TAftw]

I bought one of the wheel packers that were mentioned, but it seems like I've always packed them like Stephenw does.

I've never packed a bearing any other way. Do the packing machines actually work?

 

[caper]

I've found that with the bearing packer it takes the "lazy" out of the equation.I've seen a lot of mechanics just smear grease around the outside of a bearing and call it packed.At least with the easy squeeze or something similar you know it's got grease INSIDE the bearing.

 

[knotheads]

I use this style. Just put a glob of grease into you palm. Work the grease between the rollers with a scraping motion into your palm.

the gloves are new tech, otherwise thats how i have always packed bearings.

 

[nissan_crawler]

I've found that with the bearing packer it takes the "lazy" out of the equation.I've seen a lot of mechanics just smear grease around the outside of a bearing and call it packed.At least with the easy squeeze or something similar you know it's got grease INSIDE the bearing.

I'll argue that. I've seen more than one bearing ran through one of those, that has blown air through, and grease out.

The two cones that screw together and use a grease gun can easily leak grease out from the edges of the bearing, without pushing it through.

Anybody that's not a complete inbred ***** can see grease pushing out the topside of the bearing through each roller as you pack by hand.

I also see that people have a tendency not to thoroughly clean packers after use, and before the next one.

 

[Shadowdog500]

I used to pack them by hand back in the eighties but no one wore gloves back then and the mess on my hands wasn't worth it and I bought one of these. I've used one of these packers for years, but the extra grease that was left on the tool inside the bearing always bothered me since I would wipe it off with a shop rag and throw it out.

Last weekend I had to pack some bearings and couldn't find my bearing packer because half of my tools are still in my old shop. I packed them by hand with blue nitrile gloves on. It only took a few minutes, there was much less waste, and my hands were clean and dry after the job when I took the gloves off.

I may go back to doing them by hand.

Chris

 

[jvitez]

How did you take that photo?

Not so stupid after all, Hippie.