[Vwdiesel] 'H' is for horrible...'M' is for miser

[gary]

Hey,
How about these for doing your wheel bearings?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=45210

And how about a clamshell style spring compressor?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=43753


No affiliation, yada, yada...

-Gary in Orlando



On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 14:42, Nate Wall wrote:
> I paid for a bearing pressing too, once. With what I
> paid, I could have bought that press Roger Brown
> bought from Harbor freight. I paid $85 per side and
> that included the ($35?) bearing!, So I figure about
> $100 labor. Only in the Washington, DC area! AND I
> TOOK THE HUBS TO THEIR SHOP!!!! I asked if they used a
> "hydraulic press", "Yes" was the response, and I
> pictured a huge press driven by an electric hydraulic
> pump. Then I saw it, a small press w/ a hand pump! If
> I ever have to do it again, I buying a press.
>
> --Nate
> --- Mark Shepherd <markonee1 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > [ Converted text/html to text/plain ]
> >
> > Ah Hagar you've found my weakness....front hub
> > bearings are the only thing
> > I've ever had to go to a garage for...(having never
> > needed a head
> > skimming)!...oh and getting a sill welded... as
> > although I can weld..I'm no
> > welder, and no good upsidedown! The last bearing I
> > had pressed, cost me $15
> > for the work and I was so grateful, I gave him a $10
> > tip!...(tight ...but
> > generous)...I found these pictures in USA...which I
> > intended to use as  a
> > design to copy...seeing as the price is...more than
> > the value of my car. but
> > have not yet done so...
> >
> > www.rapidparts.com/vwc010[1]
> >
> > www.rapidparts.com/vwc011[2]
> >
> > Mark(the Miser)UK "If I can bend it or stick it
> > together, I will!...
> >                                  Keep the craftsmen
> > alive!"
> >
> >
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> > ===References:===
> >   1. http://www.rapidparts.com/vwc010
> >   2. http://www.rapidparts.com/vwc011
> >   3. http://g.msn.com/8HMFENUK/2731
> >
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