Hydraulic press

[amichie]

I was going to buy a hydraulic press for the garage so I can press in/out wheel bearings etc. Anybody know what size I would need.

They seem to come in 6, 10, 12 and 20 tonne. I would prefer a bench top style unit as I have little floor space left now.

Do you think a 10 tonne would do the MX83 front hub bearings for example?

The toyota TSRM just says use a press to remove/replace the bearing but doesn't say how big the press should be.

Thanks
Andrew

[JustenGT8]

Supercheap have bench top 10 tonne jobbies on sale at the moment. Decent enough for home usage and would do wheel bearings no worries. I'm going to look at them today actually as could do with a small press myself....$90

[amichie]

Supercheap have bench top 10 tonne jobbies on sale at the moment. Decent enough for home usage and would do wheel bearings no worries. I'm going to look at them today actually as could do with a small press myself....$90

Thanks. That's a pretty amazing price. I will check out their catalogue now.

[amichie]

Just checked the catalogue. The one on sale is a 6 tonne press. Is that going to be enough??

[JustenGT8]

for wheel bearings? plenty i would think

[JustenGT8]

So i bought one...box says "ideal for wheel bearings" and the box wouldn't lie

seeing i just popped out the supra bearings with a 4lb hammer and a socket (not recommended for install) i reckon 6 tonne would make light work of the job?

[o_man_ra23]

My 6t Superthief press has done some crumpledoor ball joints so far - they were by far a tighter fit than wheel bearings. Getting wheel bearings on/off would be a walk in the park for it - but don't bother trying to get sealed BB rear wheel bearings off solid axles - they just need to be cut off (a good die grinder makes light work of this)

[amichie]

So i bought one...box says "ideal for wheel bearings" and the box wouldn't lie

seeing i just popped out the supra bearings with a 4lb hammer and a socket (not recommended for install) i reckon 6 tonne would make light work of the job?

I picked up one on the way home tonight. Thanks for the tip off on the supercheapauto deal. It saved me about $40 over the ebay price.

[pandaah]

if your gunna do them over and over again.. 10tonne is recommended, theres always gunna be one tight bastard and the 6 tonne wont wanna know about it..

[Hurricane]

ive got a 60 tonne press at home and ive hardly had the need to go over 10 tonne for most things. if its only for wheel bearings 5 tonne will be plenty, but if u can fit it and afford it bigger can be better incase one day its needed then u have it to use. most press fits dont need alot of force unless its not goin on correctly

[love ke70]

mmm ive got a 20, and ive never actually had to put any effort on the handle to make it do what i want, good old trade tools direct

[o_man_ra23]

The 6 tonne needed some effort on the handle for the commo ball joints, however it didn't get to the stage of needing a longer bar over the handle, or even requiring the use of a second hand.

If it gets to the stage of needing more effort, I could look at adapting my 10t bottle jack in Wonder if the housing would buckle from that??

[love ke70]

probably not, maybe to be safe add some stiffening to that which you push down on, i bent mine a little one time, bending 6mm plate 200mm wide, did the job but

[shadowR]

Bottle jack under the house has always kept dust on my 10 tonne item LOL

[Dale]

Would a 6T be able to do FWD wheel bearings? Or would I need bigger?