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  1. 15th May 2011, 03:45 PM #1
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    How big a press should I buy ?

    I've decided I need a press, but how big do I need to go ?
    I will be using it to do suspention bushes and axles out of wheel hubs on my D2. As well as wheel bearings on Zooks and other such things.
    Im thinging 20ton bottle type will do. But is there any thing else I should be thinking of ? eg min size/dementions.
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  2. 15th May 2011, 04:20 PM #2
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    Just got a local mechanic to try pressing bushed out of panhard rod - got up to 20tonne before he stopped. He was worried that some metal on the press would bend.
    Back to the drawing board as far as the bushed are concerned.
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  3. 15th May 2011, 04:26 PM #3
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    We made one out of 3/4 plate and 200x150 c section with a 50ton hyd cylinder and never couldn't move anything, plus never bent the press.

    Just gave it away too...
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  4. 15th May 2011, 04:44 PM #4
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    Sometimes your better off just drilling or cutting up old bushes to get them out. Its getting the new one in undamaged that Im thinking about.
    Couple of weeks ago spent a good two hours banging the retaining collor onto a Zook axle. A press would have made it a lot quicker.
    Of course, I may get some more friends as well.
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  5. 15th May 2011, 04:57 PM #5
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    I bought a 20tonne press from a super cheap type of shop and it did the bushes on my 95 disco just fine
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  6. 15th May 2011, 05:00 PM #6
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    I have a 20ton one aswell. Came from Tradetools.

    Has been used loads and done everything I have needed it to.
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  7. 15th May 2011, 08:20 PM #7
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    If you go for a 20t press make sure its a heavy duty one / not light weight. Have used mine heeps and still bent small parts but not the main frame YET.

    20t should do all you want tho. If not go to a specialist

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  8. 16th May 2011, 07:35 AM #8
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    My press is 15 years old, is 10 ton and it has done all I wanted to do. If you look at them, most are only a bottle jack.
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  9. 16th May 2011, 10:04 PM #9
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    20t air over from HAFCO. Its been good but did bend the plate table things.
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  10. 16th May 2011, 10:43 PM #10
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    My 12T cheapie from Supercheap has had enough power to do everything I've needed it to do, but the small frame size has been a limitation when trying to press bearings into gearbox housings (due to width of housing not fitting in frame) and onto gearbox shafts (shaft too long). It also struggled with my 4bd1 water pump due to the small gap between the cross members, but I managed to work out a way round that.
    Its a bench mount type model, and if I had my time again I'd buy a physically larger floor mount one - but for the $80 it cost its well and truly paid for itself.

    If you've got a specific job in mind that you know you will be using it for, try and make sure you can get that item in whichever model press you are looking at.

    On a slightly different note, I've found one of the most useful tools to use with the press is a decent bearing separator. Once its fitted in place under a bearing/gear you can just get on with pressing out the shaft rather than trying to keep 2 press plates in tight against a shaft while you pump the press.

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