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Neil8p

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6th Nov, 2009 at 03:37:17pm

Are these any good?

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/...hop-bench-press

I was thinking of getting one using the money I would spend at a garage replacing press fit bearings on my daily driver.

I know I could take just the hub to a garage to get the bearing swapped but I want to get the job done in a day either at a garage or DIY on a weekend.

It's expensive, but so is garage labour and my thinking was it would be useful for mini wheel bearings as well, but I don't want to spend on one if they are not what they appear to be.

Edit to add - the rears need doing now and maybe the fronts soon hence the high labour cost

Edited by Neil8p on 6th Nov, 2009.


Tom Fenton
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6th Nov, 2009 at 03:49:22pm

Come to my house and use my press?

They are no good for mini bearings either, these are easy enough to install without a press anyway.


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6th Nov, 2009 at 03:51:31pm

I have a seally press virtually identical at work and its not a bad press, only thing i have found is that the frame wasn't square when it arrived and we've had it about 8 months now and the thing leaks oil like mad. might just be that we have a duff one

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6th Nov, 2009 at 03:56:30pm

I can't really recommend the bigger clarke stuff. I have a clarke work bench and it's rubbish, I could have made a better one from mechano. I also have a clarke roller tool box. It's not bad, but I've damaged one of the rollers by sitting back on it by accident. Didn't take much damaging. *oh well*

My old clarke Mig is OK though...

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6th Nov, 2009 at 03:58:34pm

the mini bearings take about 10 seconds to drift out and thats going lightly

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Neil8p

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6th Nov, 2009 at 04:12:59pm

I have home made stuff for mini bearings that makes them really easy to do, but was trying to help justify the cost of the press :)

Thanks for the offer Tom, I'll be in touch.

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6th Nov, 2009 at 05:50:01pm

I've got one of those presses - got it off e-bay for £40

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6th Nov, 2009 at 06:15:33pm

Make you own, bottle jack and some angle.
Or pick up a second hand fly press which can be used used for punching and forming too.

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