bearing tool

[spanner51]

Re: bearing tool

Madmac wrote:
What i do find helps though, is heating the alloy sleeve

Do you use a heat gun, or a blowlamp?

[Madmac]

Re: bearing tool

I just use a little blowlamp spanner, find it particularly useful on WMA bearing carriers as i find the front bearing a real swine to get in. a squirt of freezing spray on the bearing outer shell just before fitting could be another alternative 😉

[electrofix]

Re: bearing tool

have tried hotpoint bearing shell puller but because of the pressure it puts on the bolt i found it ruined the threads

my way, andd i have used this for some time before hotpoint came up with their kit

take a new bearing apart

take 5 balls the bearing centre and a blob of grease and rebuild the bearing in the bearing shell to be removed

with the wma series i then turn the drum over using a b&d workmate and checking the balls are roughly even smack 7 bell out of it and ring drops out a treat

works with wm series and then use hotpoint puller

Dave

[leavemetogetonwithit]

Re: bearing tool

I got an old tube spanner about an inch wide and flattened the ends into a slightly trumpet shape by hammering and filing. With this drift I can get a good enough purchase on a small part of the shell to get it moving. Sometimes the shell shatters. The tool occasionally needs reshaping after a battle.
(Incidentally, I wear ear protection so as not to make my tinnitus worse).
Mike.

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