Hello,
Is this how bearings are pressed on?? Just insert nice even pressure
by press instead of a sledgehammer???
Daniel 69 2000
> When we were kids we did not have the luxury of a bearing press readily
> available. So after heating the old bearing so it fell off, we would
> install the new bearing with a steel pipe that slipped over the axle, and
> that was a bit longer than the axle, and that was the same diameter as the
> bearing at the inside diameter. Fitting it all together was accomplished
> with a sledgehammer, and the axle and pipe in an upright position. The only
> thing to be aware of is where the old bearing was set on the axle, and to be
> as close as possible to the old setting. Pat
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Neuman <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 1:21 PM
> Subject: Bearing Press.
>
>
> >Hello All,
> > So today I noticed at work that we have a hydralic press. The
> >pressure gaue goes up to like three tons!!! So I am thinking about
> pressing
> >on my own bearings/collars onto my rear axles. Has anybody else pressed on
> >their own bearings?? How is it done exactly?? Is this something that I
> should
> >even think about doing for myself???
> >
> > Daniel 69 2000
> > SF CA
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