[katy]

Originally Posted by David R.

Mine was not easy at all to get off or on. I had to resort to fire wrench. I made a special press set up with a hollow pipe and hydraulic jack. I packed sand around it to keep hollow shaft from deforming.

FWIW, I've found that square tubing works well when working w/long objects in a press. It take a heck of a lot more force to deform the square tubing compared to pipe.