Best Bearing Tools

[NINJA]

Dear Tools -
How are we all??? LOL

I'm just wondering which tools you guys use to remove and install your ball bearings with???

[Calum]

What type of bearings bud?

Usually I use an oven and no press for engine stuff.

[NINJA]

@calum Well headset and wheels mainly. And how do use use an oven??? :confused_face:

[Calum]

200 degrees, bearings drop straight in.

[NINJA]

@calum DAYUM!!! COOL trick and I must say what a very clean oven too. Does the misses know about your roasted crank case sorbets??? :smiling_face_with_open_mouth:

[Calum]

@ninja It's actually the best way to do them, as you put no stress or strain on the bearing and don't risk damaging the crank journals.

[finnerz89]

Headset bearings I used a long m20 nut and bolt with some packing washers etc, pulled straight in that way.

And wheel bearings I used a heat gun and then an aluminum drift I think. Might've even been timber actually. If you get the hubs warm enough then they don't need much encouragement at all. You can also freeze your bearings for 24 hours before fitting.

[Jens Eskildsen]

A drift for wheelbearings, I make a homemade press for the linkage bearings with a threaded rod, washers and nuts.

I once removed a bearing using bread aswell (go youtube it) just to try it :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: