home made wheel bearing press

[Cory]

i remember seeing a post where someone had made their own jig for pressing in wheel bearings out of some pretti basic stuff.

anyone know who that might have been?

[oakgreengolf]

ive used a porta power in between a door frame which is what they use for car body work. I don't recommend using a vice as i broke mine in half.

[Cory]

ahhh.  i just remember seeing someone using a DIY device.  it was soo simple and i remember thinking it would be really effective.    it was basically b piece of wood to clamp the bearing housing to, and a threaded rod with a socket behind a tapped breaker bar kind of thing. set up on a workbench

[tech1889]

a garage will charge you only a few quid to 'just' press the bearing..

[richard s]

a mechanic i used to work with used to use a piece of threaded bar with a nut welded on one end with a piece of flat bar drilled for a stop then sockets and various bearing shells till the company stopped being tight and bought him a press

[Wayne]

a garage will charge you only a few quid to 'just' press the bearing..

Yep much safer

[Ben Lessani]

Don't bother, you'll most likely f**k up the bearing.

You can buy/rent a press cheap, or as above, just get a garage to do it for buttons.

When you've seen a bearing 'ping' out of the WBH - you'll be less inclined to bodge!

There's two things I don't like messing with when working on cars, assembly/disassembly of springs+struts and pressing things!

[beechymonza]

I remember using a piece of scaffolding pipe on my rear ones,  Worked a treat, 

[Ben Lessani]

I remember using a piece of scaffolding pipe on my rear ones,  Worked a treat, 

Ah, rears are different, you don't need a press. You can tap out the races with a small hammer and stake.

[Mr Blue]

Just dont take a hammer to the bearing without personal protective equipment.  :embarassed: