Bearing Presses

[Rebel64]

What are ya'll using?

[English]

cheap jobbie from Princess auto up here...had it 6 months and do around 4 bearings a month. Got it for 180 and well worth the $$ but they come on sale for 120 a cpl times a year. Just make sure you got some good big sockets to use to push in and out the bearings. One of the best buys i made for the shop and really makes bearings a breeze..no more pounding with hammers and fighting with the vice.

[stricker76]

I have an old press that looks just like this.

http://www.amazon.com/Palmgren-61201-2-Ton-Manual-Arbor/dp/B00068U7X6

Works, but i have to put a longer bar on it usually and clamp it down to the bench. But it was free, so i dont mind working a little.

[800Stealth]

Was using one of these till I sold everything... Damn it, now I've got no toys to work on stuff with lol. http://www.amazon.com/Arcan-Hydraulic-Shop-Press-20-Ton/dp/B0000AX7PU

[BIG_T]

Pretty much any of these would probably work, you could pick one up from harbor freight in east peoria.
http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-shop/shop-presses.html
In a previous place of work I used to use one of these:
http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-shop/metal-shaping-equipment/1-ton-arbor-press-3552.html
for pressing in bearings too

[Rebel64]

Wow Ray, big toy for sure!
Yeah Tim I was on their site yesterday and found that same selection.
Thinking a bench/arbor one would suit me just fine.
Northern Tools had a good selection also.

[Atomic_Sportsman]

Was using one of these till I sold everything... Damn it, now I've got no toys to work on stuff with lol. http://www.amazon.com/Arcan-Hydraulic-Shop-Press-20-Ton/dp/B0000AX7PU

That's what I use. 20 ton will press it out or make it flat, it's up to you.

[Rubberdown]

I wont use those hydraulic presses, never seen one that is nice and square and stays perfectly square when you start working on bearings. I use a bearing press similar to these ones but ours is a fair bit larger,
http://www.harborfreight.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/i/m/image_355.jpg

As for large sockets, ya they work, but what I did with my polaris bearings is I took the old ones and used a belt sander to taper the diameter on one side so I could use the old ones to press in the new ones. To press out the old bearings, I used a peice of solid steel round stock at the largest possible diameter that will fit and both ends have been squared up nicely to keep everything straight, this is usually the biggest problem is when people cant keep everything aligned perfectly.

[Bigdog800EFI]

I would like to find a wall mount arbor press

[Rebel64]

Ok what's the socket portion on this press that keeps being mentioned?
Do I need to have some pieces/parts fabbed up for an arbor press to work for me?

[stricker76]

To press them out you need something slightly smaller than the diameter of the bearing, and another piece of something that is slightly larger than the bearing. Just like ya would in a vice. I used a few pieces of exhaust pipe, can't afford sockets that big. lol

[Rebel64]

Ok, looks like I gotta get creative then.

[Rubberdown]

Mark, being that I work in a machine shop, I use v-blocks or parallels under the carrier to keep it lifted off the base of the press, I also have a notched out section on the base plate big enough to allow the bearing to fall all the way out. And as I said, I use the old ones slighlt modified to press the new ones in that last little bit.

[Rebel64]

Ok I gotya...I just don't have anything to even start with modifying.

[800Stealth]

Because the Sportsmans bearings are in an aluminum carrier they press in and out out realy easy. Like Scott said just set the carrier on a piece of exhaust pipe slightly larger than the bearing and use a big socket or a stack of fender washers slightly smaller than the bearing to press on the bearing with. I have this kit http://www.amazon.com/OTC-6537-HubTamer-Elite-Service/dp/B000O1E54W/ref=sr_1_32?s=STORE&ie=UTF8&qid=1284819768&sr=1-32 obviously too much loot to spend to do your quad bearings but looking at the kit should give you a pretty good idea what we're talking about.

[Rebel64]

Thanks Ray, I'm gettin the gist of what I need now. Maybe I'll rummage around the scrap metal bins at work.

[800Stealth]

Ok, so youtube only had vids of retarded dudes doing shit the wrong and dangerous way LOL, but this pic should give you a good idea of what we're talking about. You can see the carrier being supported by the shiney round stock under it and the press pushing down on the bearing with the smaller piece of round stock from above. Hopefully this clears it up a little.

http://inlinethumb44.webshots.com/47211/2791684030100377561S600x600Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2791684030100377561lAqDaz)

[Rebel64]

Definitely making sense now. Thanks for the visual bro.
Funny comment about retarted dudes...I can just imagine :)

[800Stealth]

LOL, yup watch these idiots. Candidates for the darwin award for sure lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzq0y1P6cWQ

[Rebel64]

Oops, major fail there!

[English]

The arbour presses are great and nice and compact. I do find like paul said the larger presses are hard to get everything level..especially as the bearing housings are not completely flat. I use some shims to make sure everything lines up right before applying pressure. you can really damage the alloy housing if you try to press in the bearing when its not lined up perfect and straight. I only use the sockets as I have them in the shop and find with doing so many different types of ATV bearings that i need a good variation of sizes.

[Rebel64]

Thanks English, it's all making sense now.
Gonna get some overtime in and then go shoppin for new shop stuff :)