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Originally Posted by rehpotsirhcj
Thanks for this! I had only briefly considered pressing rather than pulling, and figured it would be a struggle having to run through the bell, then I saw the Ford tool for this, and how narrow the exposed shoulder of the race was and thought I would need a specialty tool. I wasn’t thinking of the race quality, which is a good point, just that I didn’t want to chance screwing up the bell with heat.
Can you tell me a bit more about the small bar you’re using against the shoulder? Is this just round bar stock radiused at each end to match the curvature of the case? Or flat stock..
I’m thinking about how much surface area contact is necessary to safety press....I’m envisioning flat stock and a straight cut on your axle stub up against it, is that correct?
-Chris
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Chris, I'll look for pictures I've taken in the past or take some new ones for you. This is a thick piece of rectangular bar stock, radiused on ends to sit firmly on the exposed back area of the bearing race, and just a tad bit less in total length than the inside diameter of the housing where bar locates. This method works very well for me. I can have these pressed out and new pressed in before I could get my mig welder set up and weld one of these, and as said earlier, I save these races for possible reuse it they pass my inspection. I've also found some other uses for these, so don't care to mess them up by doing the welding method of removal. Will post pics and give you dimensions asap. Stay tuned
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