[V8] wheel bearings

[d saad]

Point taken -
If this tool has general purpose use, it will pay for
itself quick enough.
Maybe I will take another look at it myself - I
seem to need to replace lots of 2-stroke bearings now-a-days what with
being a Vespa owner and all.....


Dave

>
Even with the higher price for a new one (they used to be around $250
> new), just the time saved and the hassle of going to a machine shop
etc.
> are enough of an offset for me.  I've done about 7 Audi
wheel bearings
> with the tool, I've also found it very useful for
installing sub frame
> bushings, 2 stroke bearings and other
projects.  The Audi Q's have 4
> press in bearings, it's just a
matter of time before you're there again.
> 
> I have
heard of people who have rented the tool from equipment/tool
>
rental places.  My local equipment rental place said if there were any
> kind of demand for the tool they'd stock it for rental.  I think
the
> problem is that most DIY's don't even know it exists.
> 
> BCNU,
> http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> We come into the world naked, screaming and covered in blood. Why
should
> the fun end there?
> 
> "d
saad" <dsaad at icehouse.net> writes:
>>
>>
That is a pretty expensive tool that you will probably only use
>> once.
>> To remove the axle, I think you also have 
remove the tie rod to
>> swing the strut out far enough.
>> At this point, you are three nuts
>> away from
removing the whole strut - why not just do that and have
>>
a
>> machine shop press in the bearings? That is what I did and
as I
>> recall, it
>> was pretty cheap. Bearings,
labor, and an alignment were all under
>> $300 -
>>
and I replaced the upper bearing too.
>>
>> Dave
>