Spindle bearing remover tool

[jeepdaddy2000]

I've seen a lot of posts about fighting spindle bearings.

We used to have a Torrington bearing driver in the shop I worked in. I've never seen another one like it and have done extensive searches for it with no luck. I'm going to post the description so if anybody with some fab skills want to build one they can.

Imagine a spring steel tube about 9/10 inches long and slightly smaller than the inner diameter of a D30/44 spindle. Cut three long slices up the tube.
Flare the ends outwards.
Connect this to a solid short steel cylinder of the same diameter. This is your driver.

Drop the driver into the spindle till the flares stop the driver from falling through. Using a long screwdriver or extension down through the center, tap the driver till the arms collapse and slide through the bearing, springing back out behind it. Flip the spindle over and smack steel cylinder. The fingers will engage the inner side of the bearing and drive it out. We used it extensively on D30 and 44 (can't remember if it worked on 60) spindles for the ten years I was there and never had one bearing fail to come out.

 

[nickmil]

I've seen a lot of posts about fighting spindle bearings.

We used to have a Torrington bearing driver in the shop I worked in. I've never seen another one like it and have done extensive searches for it with no luck. I'm going to post the description so if anybody with some fab skills want to build one they can.

Imagine a spring steel tube about 9/10 inches long and slightly smaller than the inner diameter of a D30/44 spindle. Cut three long slices up the tube.
Flare the ends outwards.
Connect this to a solid short steel cylinder of the same diameter. This is your driver.

Drop the driver into the spindle till the flares stop the driver from falling through. Using a long screwdriver or extension down through the center, tap the driver till the arms collapse and slide through the bearing, springing back out behind it. Flip the spindle over and smack steel cylinder. The fingers will engage the inner side of the bearing and drive it out. We used it extensively on D30 and 44 (can't remember if it worked on 60) spindles for the ten years I was there and never had one bearing fail to come out.

That’s what the expandable mandrel do on a slide hammer. Many times reusable, not terribly expensive, good quality, works great for spindle bearings as well as other applications.