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Old 15-07-2022
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Originally Posted by Grippy View Post
I did my WJ front diff bearings by throwing the whole shooting match in the Engel on freeze overnight,.
I need to get me one of them, one day. I have an old garage fridge which I might try setting it to the coldest.


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Originally Posted by Shane001 View Post
Heat the bearing up nice and hot with a heat gun then just drop it straight on. Some steel pipe just to tap it home is all it should need.
looks the way to go. Had a look at presses. $340 for a 20ton press, which i'm only going to use once a year.

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Originally Posted by JeanLuke View Post
Steel.

To be specific, seamless - either ASTM A53-B, ASTM A106 or API-5L Grade B. Pipe dimensions to ASME B36.10. (Yeah, sorry, I do this stuff for work!)

I got mine from eBay, actually: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/181318197313
thanks. I might try my local scrapper first and then steel yard.