Get you one of these!
I got teased years ago when I bought this tool designed for pulling transmission pilot bushings out of crankshafts...called me a lazy tool slut. Well I am but I found an amazing use for it yesterday tearing down my new Bonanza...pulled every frozen bronze bushing and especially the bearings out of the wheels without any damage or wondering if the screwdriver or drift was on the bearing or parent material hammer it out method (done it many times before).
I would have done damage to the aluminum seat for the bearings in the wheels without it, I didn't even realize the hole on Bonanza wheels was just larger than the center bearing race. The bearings and bushings could be reused it pulled them so evenly.
Could have used a heavier slide hammer but I was covered in PB Blaster and rust and didn't feel like tracking down an adapter yesterday so it took a minute of slide hammering for each. Also mine will only do 5/8" ID bearings but luckily that's all I've run across so far.
I got teased years ago when I bought this tool designed for pulling transmission pilot bushings out of crankshafts...called me a lazy tool slut. Well I am but I found an amazing use for it yesterday tearing down my new Bonanza...pulled every frozen bronze bushing and especially the bearings out of the wheels without any damage or wondering if the screwdriver or drift was on the bearing or parent material hammer it out method (done it many times before).
I would have done damage to the aluminum seat for the bearings in the wheels without it, I didn't even realize the hole on Bonanza wheels was just larger than the center bearing race. The bearings and bushings could be reused it pulled them so evenly.
Could have used a heavier slide hammer but I was covered in PB Blaster and rust and didn't feel like tracking down an adapter yesterday so it took a minute of slide hammering for each. Also mine will only do 5/8" ID bearings but luckily that's all I've run across so far.