| Author | Message | ||
     Bomber |
All my undoubtedly poor operation of the search tool failed to turn up the tool that some have aquired to remove the bearing from tuber wheels -- can someone point me in the right direction, please? thanks! | ||
| Azbueller |
Auto Zone rents the tool u need, its called a blind hole bearing remover, I just did my wheel bearings and it worked great!!! | ||
| Bomber |
AZ -- cooooooooooool! now I just gotta wade thorugh all the primered Civics to ge tto the Autozone! thanks for the tip! | ||
| Lake_bueller |
Bomber....I've been looking seriously at purchasing this tool (page 201 if it does go right there). It can be purchased on ebay for $169.00. To get it from H-D, you'll pay over $500. | ||
| Bomber |
wow -- 5 bills topull some bearings? that's for the tip, mennis -- I'll take a look at ebay | ||
| Koz5150 |
So how many wheel bearings does one have to pull to make a $500 tool worth while? It took me two years to justify a center stand... | ||
| Bomber |
found a couple of slide hammer type pullers for under $30 cash american -- seems a great deal more rational, even for a self-avowed tool junkie | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Bomber, The HD unit is a slide hammer type. It's the pulling end that's tricky. Remember that the right rear side has two bearings on top of each other. There is just a thin groove to grab on to to pull each bearing. You really need the "expanding cylinder with a small lip at the bottom" type deal to get in there and remove the bearing. | ||
| Bomber |
aaaahhhhhhh -- I'd forgotten that, Bluz -- thanks for saving me $30 -- the set I was looking at wasn't suitable at all | ||
| Ceejay |
I tried the set from pit posse and worked very well on the fronts, didn't work at all on the backs, finally ended up taking it to a small shop and the guy did it for free. He had a set that would remove most any bearing and also would work like a peice of all thread to put the new ones back in, wouldn't tell me where he got it though  | ||
| Lake_bueller |
I'm betting he used the Jim's Machining tool. I've promised the wife that I wouldn't buy any more motorcycle stuff until we get a new house  | ||
| Bomber |
bad promise -- new house? what's wrong with the old one? nah, never mind, peace in the family is worth a couple of trips to the dealership for bearing service, I'm thinkin ;-} | ||
| Phatkidwit1eye |
After replacing the clutch on my Dads truck and having to buy a pilot bearing puller, I think that this tool might be the ticket. It runs about 80 dollars at Napa. It's a slide hammer type with jaws on the end. You tighten the nut on the end and there is a ramp that pushes the jaws out for a tight fit. Worked pretty well pulling out the pilot bearing ,dunno about the wheel bearings. (Message edited by phatkidwit1eye on May 05, 2005) | ||
| Phatkidwit1eye |
This is the one from Napa...I'm sure other can be found cheaper.  | ||
| Bluzm2 |
Phat, It won't work on the rears particularly on the drive side. The legs aren't long enough to reach to the bottom of the 2nd bearing. I'll bet the tips are too large also. You need to get between the two bearings to pull the top one. Only a shallow grove to grab onto. | ||
| Ceejay |
lake-I looked at the Jims tool via thier catalog and I think you're right, they didn't give prices though seems like a nice tool, and did the job very well from what I saw. Phat-after doing mine/trying to do mine I don't think that the above bearing puller would work either as Bluz stated. | ||
| S2pengy |
Tried one of those on my rear bearings, no luck even after grinding down the thickness of the tips.... |
