Heckuva weekend!

Good for you! That is the kind of thing we all ought to be doing!

Stocking caps on ??? Where are you ? In Arizona ?  I figured out a way to install an umbrella over my cockpit. Really  helps at car shows !.

Oh ...I finally have an "Avatar" now to match my handle......Aircooled Bruce........

Glad you have Paul as your mechanical Guru, never saw anyone do tack welds on the rear bearing ?

So he welded the old bearing to the piece of pipe?

Ok I reread the post, bearing it stuck in place ....the pipe would allows for leverage if no puller is available.

The bearing extraction was amazing!

What I should have shown (sorry I didn't) was the OTHER end of this short pipe.  Paul's son tack-welded the open end of the pipe to the old bearing, but the other end had a crosspiece with a threaded hole in it.  Through this hole was threaded a very long bolt. Once the bolt was cranked down and descended to meet the hub inside the bearing, it began to pull the bearing out of its seat around the hub!  Continued cranking on the bolt lifted the bearing completely away!

Genius!

That's a neat way to do it, Cory; I never thought to use it as a puller. I was thinking he would be tapping the end side to side with a hammer while simultaneously pulling on it by hand (which I guess would work too, although it might destroy the fit of the housing, and you'd need more hands; sounds like it's getting crowded down there...). The only issue is you need a welder in the garage (which not everyone has) to use it. That's still a neat way of doing it, though. I will remember it. Al

Cory, the best thing about these cars are the people you meet.

Will Hesch posted:

Cory, the best thing about these cars are the people you meet.

Amen to that!!

FINALLY!  A good reason to have that welder in my garage!  

I have this fancy-schmancy puller that has little arms with a small tab (a tooth, really) on the ends.  The idea is to push those tiny arms through the bearing to catch on the race and then pull it out that way.  BUT......

It takes forever to get the arms in there just right, it always lets go as you're pulling the bearing out and, in general, it is a major PITA to use.  Paul's trick is so much better.  simpler, too, especially since you're scrapping the bearing anyway, so welding the tube to it doesn't matter.  Finding the steel tube is getting harder around here, though.  Two major sources of all kinds of metal have gone away in the past two years and HD/Lowes is getting less and less useful.

Gonna add that one to my book of Speedstah tricks!

Thanks guys. I have to give credit where it belongs though. I stopped by my buddies at Arizona Transaxle Exchange to see if I could borrow a puller. They had two but both were broken. We brain stormed and came up with a pipe, large washer, nut and long bolt. They gave me the pipe and washer. Aaron and I put it together in preparation for Corey's visit the next day. It worked like a charm.

Like Corey mentioned, we did the axel bearing and then his dripping oil pump. It went smoothly and we had some laughs. It was a good day.

Paul

What a great idea.

Paul Ellis for sainthood.

Panhandle Bob posted:

Paul Ellis for sainthood.

...he may already be...

He kept snagging his halo on my sump!

If Paul ever comes up for adoption, Cory....don't ask questions...just do it !

David Stroud posted:

If Paul ever comes up for adoption, Cory....don't ask questions...just do it !

I've always gone with the bigger hammer approach.  Not being a welder, this technique is beyond my reach.  Clever stuff tho . . .

You have to get a welder. They aren't that much and they are really useful. With youtube, you can learn how to use it hopefully without burning the house down.

We took a couple of classes too but it's really not that hard.

.Couldn't resist :~)

Yup, we have several grinders and use them often. Welds look much better after some grinding, that's a fact

Grinders, sorta like why you put up drywall, to cover the crappy carpentry.

Kelly It's like molding it covers a multitude of sin :~)

El Frazoo posted:

Grinders, sorta like why you put up drywall, to cover the crappy carpentry.

A good drywall crew can make a monkey look like a good carpenter. A bad drywall crew can make a great carpenter look like a monkey.

A good paint crew can make a monkey look like a good drywaller. A bad paint crew can make a good drywall crew look like monkeys.

... but a grinder cannot make a bad welder look like a good welder. A grinder can only make a horrible welder look like a bad welder, or a bad welder look like a passable welder.

Being a journeyman painter, Stan, I used to think I could teach a monkey to paint. A guy I knew in high school worked for us for a little while, and no, you can't teach...

I'M New here......

NOW hold on there Stan and AL...   

Have you not seen the Planet of the Apes movies? 

tebs

Teby S posted:

I'M New here......

NOW hold on there Stan and AL...   

Have you not seen the Planet of the Apes movies? 

tebs

 

I know you're somewhat new here, Mr. Teby (I know that because you've reminded us many, many times), but none of the apes in any of those movies can paint either...

My son is a welder (actually prefers the term millwright), maybe he can teach me??  OTOH, I've managed 70+ years w/out a welder, maybe I don't actually need one??  Like owning a sailboat: you don't really have to own one, just need to know someone who does.

I prefer to think of myself as a "Grinder Arteest".  Kinda like "The Great Gordoon"!