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And if so, is there one that does them all?
I'm guessing I'll save myself lots of swearing and worry by using one.
For what?
I have one from ebay, it does all the ones we need and is easy to use with the slider bar.
Edit, it doesn't do the bigger lower headset one however a plastic tyre lever, mallet shaft and a big adjustable spanner to whack it with works
Tracey
Edit, it doesn’t do the bigger lower headset one however a plastic tyre lever, mallet shaft and a big adjustable spanner to whack it with works
That is just wrong on every level! But I love it! 🙂
Thanks, every tool box should have a demolition wrench
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Bearing installation tool more important than a removal tool, as a generalisation. But I guess it's nice to have both.
Old bearing is worthless and there is no question of installation alignment, so it's just a question of not whacking your frame with whatever you improvise as a drift.
If you're the type of person with loads of sockets and washers in every size and bits of threaded rod as well as bits of metal tubing from cut off steerer tubes and old seatposts you could knock up something to pull the bearings out.
I've got a selection of RRP and bearing pro tools drifts / extractors. Much much easier than sockets which I used for ages.
They slot nicely into 8mm bar with a couple of ratchet spanners to install and remove.
Never had one, there's been a couple of times I wish I had one mind but it's not often that you can't get the job done.
I have the RRP bearing removal/installation, i would say i use it way more for installation than removal, for removal i use a slide hammer, you pick them up on ebay for 20 quid, full set and they will work on anything, great bit of kit!
Installation wise, i'm just a tool tart, i could easily just use a socket set and mallet for installation, it's not that difficult.
One thing to note, make sure you understand if they are single or double row bearings you are removing, seen too many issues over the year where folk try and knock out a bearing with a socket and find out there's a lip between the row, so they basically cause themselves more issues for installation, check twice before starting to remove a bearing, use youtube, canyon website, etc, but just work out if there's a weird way of removal!
I bought a bearing removal tool for replacing my full suss bearings this winter.
I wish I'd bought one 15 years ago! It didn't take all the bearings out, but it took most out very quickly. A month later my free hub and wheel bearings disinteregrated. The tool made it loads easier than my normal hammer and drift methods.
You probably don't need one. It makes life a bit easier
After years of fooling with sockets, hammers and bearings going in on the piss I've bought the correct tool. It's an absolute joy to use to fit the new ones.
https://www.bearingprotools.com/
Less so of an issue to remove the old ones as a socket and rod is fine. The blind puller is useful though.
I have one of those slide hammer blind bearing extractors, got one after so many people on here bigged them up.
Biggest waste of money ever. Monkey metal on a level of FSA Powerpro cranks, in fact they could be used as hammers after.
The set I got has a hammer that likes to dismantle itself (threadlock can fix this) and the extractors are made from the most brittle metal known to man (but alas not this). As you can probably guess I've smashed two of them already. It looks very similar to those posted above but is nothing but landfill fodder. Be very careful what you buy, personally I'd just spend double and get a real name that you can throw back to machine mart or whoever. Otherwise get something with a decent amount of reviews.