Bearing removal tool

[aviationfred]

Has anyone had experience with this type of bearing removal tool?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PROFESSIONAL-MOTORCYCLE-MOTORBIKE-WHEEL-BEARING-REMOVAL-TOOL-KIT-10mm-25mm-/160879465873?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item257529d591

Fred

[fj johnnie]

 That looks similar to the one Randy sells on his site.

[Antonn3]

Hi Fred, I have the version that has the slide hammer and it works great.
I used it to replace the Suzuki bearings with no issues.

Tony

[ribbert]

Has anyone had experience with this type of bearing removal tool?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PROFESSIONAL-MOTORCYCLE-MOTORBIKE-WHEEL-BEARING-REMOVAL-TOOL-KIT-10mm-25mm-/160879465873?pt=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item257529d591

Fred

Fred, that seems like a lot of money for a tool that won't see much use and for a job that is very easily (and properly) done without special tools.

Removing the bearing requires no special finesse, a drift and a hammer, moving the drift around the bearing as you tap it so it comes out squarely.

A simple and accurate replacement tool is to take the old bearing and skim the outside on a belt sander or bench grinder. You only need to remove a whisker so that it's a loose fit in the wheel and use that to drive the new bearing in.

Noel

[FJ_Hooligan]

How does that tool work?  Looks like you would need to knock out the first bearing "the old way" then use this tool to knock the second one out.  If that's the case, why bother?

[Capn Ron]

How does that tool work?  Looks like you would need to knock out the first bearing "the old way" then use this tool to knock the second one out.  If that's the case, why bother?

I imagine it's a tool that you can insert into the bearing center then tighten a collar to flare the tool...something like this?



I agree with Noel though...it's a pretty easy deal to just gently tap them out from the opposite side.  If you were doing it a lot (shop work), it'd be worth the time savings to have the proper tool.

Cap'n Ron. . .

[Capn Ron]

A simple and accurate replacement tool is to take the old bearing and skim the outside on a belt sander or bench grinder. You only need to remove a whisker so that it's a loose fit in the wheel and use that to drive the new bearing in.

Noel

Excellent suggestion!  Whenever I rebuild a transfer case, transmission, engine or replace any bearings on anything around the house, I save everything that is hardened steel and is known to have two surfaces that are machined parallel to each other.  They come in handy for pressing in or out all sorts of things!!!

A small sample of the collection of "tools":



Cap'n Ron. . .

[ribbert]

This tool would be good if there was no access from the back, such as pressed into a casing or something similar.
On the FJ wheels though you would have the old bearing out by "traditional" means before you even got the puller out of the box.

I used it to replace the Suzuki bearings with no issues.
Tony

Tony, I hope you used the term "replace" to describe the job and literally meant "removed".  That is, did not use it to pull the new bearing in.

Noel