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I wrote this up in regards to my Buell, but most of the info should transfer over, short of the rear bearing consideration. I just figured I would share with you guys, what I have found to be a good reasonably priced tool if wheel bearings are in your future. FTR, the Ulysses eats rear wheel bearings, first set was done at the first tire change, at 7616mi. Anyway on to the review.
Well, I finally have a little time to type up my opinions on the Pit Posse wheel bearing remover. In summary, I'm impressed and it works as advertised (pretty much.)
Lets start with the front, as it works exactly as advertised. Put the remover deal on the floor and set the wheel down on it. (The alternative is trying to hold it in while you are setting the wheel on the floor.) Take the long rod, run it through the wheel, with the remover piece still resting on the ground, hit it with a BFH a few time to get it set, then pick the wheel off the ground and begin hitting it with said hammer. Then go chase the remover/rod/bearing assembly halfway across the garage when that bearing comes out the last little bit. Pulling all the parts apart is as easy as tapping the rod to the side a couple times, the rod falls out and the bearing comes right off the remover.
Now on to the rear wheel, well to put it simply, the 30mm remover is really outside the designed operating range of the tool. Yes it works, but no where near as well as the 25mm tool. The procedure is similar to the one above except for a few steps. The remover really has a hard time taking a set on the bearing, which requires several attempts at chasing just the rod/remover assembly around the garage, then finally getting irritated and beating the rod into the tool with all ones might, so that the rod/remover/bearing join together into one homogeneous piece that will only be separated by large amounts of force (and maybe a little heat,) but the bearing will come out of the wheel. Now the rod will come out of the assembly with no problem, but then you get to trying to remove the bearing from the remover. My method was to hold the bearing and try to tap it out with my favorite BFH, but instead of actually tapping the remover I found it much more effective to hit my hand. Following a couple attempts at this I figured out the magic words to use. (I think I tried all the ones I knew on each successive hammer strike to my hand.) So I walked over to the vice and was actually able to remover the bearing from the tool. So now the remover is pretty well deformed and not returning to it's original shape so it really has to be tapped into the other bearing.
I exaggerate a little, but really the 30mm remover is not the best design. It does not spread as well as the smaller ones, and it does not return to its original shape.
My concern with the tool is if I decide to take it on tours, I will also be stuck carrying a decent sized hammer, I can't imagine it will work particularly well with a roadside rock.
Overall, I give the tool 3.5/5 stars. It would be a 4+/5 if I weren't using the 30mm remover. Would I buy it again? Without a doubt. I really can think of a tool as capable of being stored in a relatively small space for as small a price, that will actually remove wheel bearings.
Well, I finally have a little time to type up my opinions on the Pit Posse wheel bearing remover. In summary, I'm impressed and it works as advertised (pretty much.)
Lets start with the front, as it works exactly as advertised. Put the remover deal on the floor and set the wheel down on it. (The alternative is trying to hold it in while you are setting the wheel on the floor.) Take the long rod, run it through the wheel, with the remover piece still resting on the ground, hit it with a BFH a few time to get it set, then pick the wheel off the ground and begin hitting it with said hammer. Then go chase the remover/rod/bearing assembly halfway across the garage when that bearing comes out the last little bit. Pulling all the parts apart is as easy as tapping the rod to the side a couple times, the rod falls out and the bearing comes right off the remover.
Now on to the rear wheel, well to put it simply, the 30mm remover is really outside the designed operating range of the tool. Yes it works, but no where near as well as the 25mm tool. The procedure is similar to the one above except for a few steps. The remover really has a hard time taking a set on the bearing, which requires several attempts at chasing just the rod/remover assembly around the garage, then finally getting irritated and beating the rod into the tool with all ones might, so that the rod/remover/bearing join together into one homogeneous piece that will only be separated by large amounts of force (and maybe a little heat,) but the bearing will come out of the wheel. Now the rod will come out of the assembly with no problem, but then you get to trying to remove the bearing from the remover. My method was to hold the bearing and try to tap it out with my favorite BFH, but instead of actually tapping the remover I found it much more effective to hit my hand. Following a couple attempts at this I figured out the magic words to use. (I think I tried all the ones I knew on each successive hammer strike to my hand.) So I walked over to the vice and was actually able to remover the bearing from the tool. So now the remover is pretty well deformed and not returning to it's original shape so it really has to be tapped into the other bearing.
I exaggerate a little, but really the 30mm remover is not the best design. It does not spread as well as the smaller ones, and it does not return to its original shape.
My concern with the tool is if I decide to take it on tours, I will also be stuck carrying a decent sized hammer, I can't imagine it will work particularly well with a roadside rock.
Overall, I give the tool 3.5/5 stars. It would be a 4+/5 if I weren't using the 30mm remover. Would I buy it again? Without a doubt. I really can think of a tool as capable of being stored in a relatively small space for as small a price, that will actually remove wheel bearings.
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