Originally Posted by Gordon P
That is an inexpensive tool not sure if it is available localy! I think I will first try the nail method and if that does not work I will let my girlfriend figure it out, as she is a mechanical engineer.
Thanks,
Gordon p
Yeh, that one's $3.95. Here's a much fancier tool ($49) that does, pretty much, the same thing:
http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg...&item_id=CV-28
Since the fit tolerance on a lot of sealed bearings is pretty tight, the old "whack it from the back side with a screwdriver" method is just not going to work in a lot of cases. While they are not quite a press fit or interferance fit, the removal method needs to deliver equal force that is distributed, as much as possible, all the way around the bearing.