bearing/bench press

[yogi]

Was thinking of getting a 10 tonne or there abouts press.

Not a thing I know an awful lot about, I've used them a few times, but thats about it.

Any recommendations on a good brand, what I should expect to pay etc?

Its not going to get a huge amount of use, but like all these things, its not going to run away, so once it is there, it is there for ever.

 

[Shayne]

Found out today Yogi i could have bought a press for what a garage charged to do the bushes . That said i asked about presses before and and it seems for our trucks cutting the old bush sleeve out with a reciprocal saw is the favored method .

 

[yogi]

Found out today Yogi i could have bought a press for what a garage charged to do the bushes . That said i asked about presses before and and it seems for our trucks cutting the old bush sleeve out with a reciprocal saw is the favored method .

Cutting the metal sleeve is the ONLY way to get those type bushes out. Its easier to use a hacksaw IMHO, a reciprocal saw is too likely to mark the inner face of the suspension arm and make it even harder to get the new one in. I read your earlier post and wondered how in the world they didn't realize there was a sleeve on the rubber

 

[fridayman]

I've been looking at presses too and will get at least a 20t press (possibly 30t) as you often read stories about how greater than 10t pressure was required to budge things. I don't want the press to be taking up room in my workshop only for it not to be up to the job when I need it...

 

[Gary Stockton]

Me too. I've decided that if I do get one it'll be a 20 ton press, and I'll get it from SGS Engineering. They have a fleabay shop and their website is useful - various models to choose from. None of them are a bottle-jack upside down - all seem to be proper hydraulic rams. I needed a new garage jack and bought their 3 ton one with extender arms and 6 ton axle stands and it arrived next working day and is really solid. Makes my Machine Mart 3ton jack look like TinkerToy stuff ...

 

[clivehorridge]

Found out today Yogi i could have bought a press for what a garage charged to do the bushes . That said i asked about presses before and and it seems for our trucks cutting the old bush sleeve out with a reciprocal saw is the favored method .

IMO Shayne, the press is probably more useful for getting the new bushes in without battering them to death!

 

[yogi]

IMO Shayne, the press is probably more useful for getting the new bushes in without battering them to death!

I second that!