[s-cars] Wheel Bearing tool?

[Robert Rossato]

That's the Schley tool, which was the originator of this design.  I've
had one of their setups for 20 years and it's a fantastic tool.  I've
been meaning to get the upgrade kit to allow me to use it with the
larger bearings on the A/S6 but unfortunately, they no longer sell this.
I talked to them a few months ago because I needed to get a replacement
thrust bearing for mine and was told they had dropped them from their
line.  They sent me the thrust bearing but no longer had any of the
larger cups to sell.  They had an inquiry from a potential large
customer and they requested a sample piece for review.  Well, this
"customer" turned around and copied their design and began selling it on
their own at a substantially reduced cost.  Schley is a fairly small
company and they decided it wasn't worth fighting it in court and
decided to drop it from their line.

Schley sell extremely high quality products and have excellent customer
service.  It's unfortunate that they were driven out of this line of
tools.  Looks like I'll be searching Ebay for the larger kits.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Dave Kase
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2008 9:33 AM
> To: Tom Green
> Cc: s-car-list
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Wheel Bearing tool?
> 
> 
> I think it is just a Hub Shark type tool but made just for Audi/VW.
> 
> It is here. 
> <http://www.fap99.com/item.wws?sku=VWW038532&itempk=3390&mfr=S
chley%20Tools&weight=15.62&cookieID=2CE0MMJX22D60KD9H6&clientid=fap99>

Dave