After learning the split-bolt method of removing wheel bearings, I was pondering the best way to put the them back in straight. I didn't trust myself to hit three different spots on the bearing rim with the same force each time. These pictures describe my somewhat crude, but very effective bearing driver system.
Pic 1...The whole system in use. wheel is suspended at work height on an upturned stool.
pic 2.
A 1/2" shaft is centered in the bearings by aluminum spacers made on the lathe
Pic 3. Steel driver block is a little smaller od than the bearing. turned on the lathe from recycled material. Smaller end is for front wheel bearings.
U se a piece of black iron pipe as a slide hammer over the center steel shaft and the bearing is driven in straight. Working out exactly when to stop hammering is the tricky part!
Hope this helps someone else with their creative solution to the next need.
kerry
My wheel bearing tools
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My wheel bearing tools
intrigued by the wail...seduced by the scream.
'78 cb750K, '83 GL1100s,I,&A,'08FXSTC, '79 WilMac trike
'78 cb750K, '83 GL1100s,I,&A,'08FXSTC, '79 WilMac trike
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Re: My wheel bearing tools
I forgot the spacer on the underside to keep the shaft square to the rim!
It is a block of wood made with a holesaw and split in two to allow tapping it into the underside of the hub before the second bearing is installed.
It is a block of wood made with a holesaw and split in two to allow tapping it into the underside of the hub before the second bearing is installed.
intrigued by the wail...seduced by the scream.
'78 cb750K, '83 GL1100s,I,&A,'08FXSTC, '79 WilMac trike
'78 cb750K, '83 GL1100s,I,&A,'08FXSTC, '79 WilMac trike
- RB
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Re: My wheel bearing tools
Looks like a tool one could sell..maybe adding a thread section up where the rod goes through the hub and add a plate and a nut that can be thread up tight to the hub for the first bearing going in???
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99 1500 SE SOLD
97 SE 1500 SOLD
83 SOLD
82 REBUILT sold!!!
81 DAILY RIDER sold her ((!
81 REBUILT SOLD!!!
81 REBUILT SOLD!!
80 REBUILT SOLD
79 IN BASKET PARTS FOR SALE
79 CLEANED UP AND SOLD
78 REBUILT SOLD
77 REBUILT SOLD
76 SOLD/PARTIAL REBUILD
76 REBUILT AND SOLD
75 REBUILT SOLD
75 REBUILT SOLD
75 REBUILD SOLD
FAIR WINDS,
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Re: My wheel bearing tools
I like the way you think, man. THANKS for sharing!
sorta bulldogged custom 1978 GL1000 - "geekster"
full Vetter dress 1979 GL1000 - "Barge" (currently down)
1986 1200 Aspencade - "Heart of Gold" - daily rider
1990 1500 Aspencade - It's ALIVE! but very, very naked. not in a good way.
1978 for $100 - project in worx
1978 from a previous member here - taking up space
my original '79 bought in '91 - replacing engine (eventually, maybe someday)
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full Vetter dress 1979 GL1000 - "Barge" (currently down)
1986 1200 Aspencade - "Heart of Gold" - daily rider
1990 1500 Aspencade - It's ALIVE! but very, very naked. not in a good way.
1978 for $100 - project in worx
1978 from a previous member here - taking up space
my original '79 bought in '91 - replacing engine (eventually, maybe someday)
H2G2=42
A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity. ~ Robert A. Heinlein
The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
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