Getting t-case bearings off their shafts
 

Anyone with tricks, other than buying the correct bearing puller? I guess I should check to see how much one costs before ruling it out, but...Does anyone have a method for this? I got the bearing off the rear output shaft since I could actually pound it into a 2x4 while holding the gears, and since the gears just slide onto that shaft under the bearing, they acted as kind of a ram and after a lot of slamming that bearing came off. But all the other shafts are just one piece including the gears, with the bearing pressed on, and so far I haven't come up with a way to get them off. If a bearing puller that would work for this is cheap, I'll go with that, but otherwise it's looking like I'll need to bring all the shafts into a shop or something and have them do it, but I'd rather not.

Anyone?

Pipe or tubing and a press. The right tools make jobs easier. Work smarter, not harder. :hillbill:

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Thanks. I don't have a press. Might just end up having a shop get them off I guess.

Annnnnybody else?

A guy I work with does a lot of motorcycle work, and he's always telling me to do things like stick the whole shaft in the freezer so it will all contract, then pull it out, heat the bearing inner race with a torch and hopefully the bearing will expand faster than the shaft, and the bearing will come off. He also says that's a good way to get the new bearing on. Put the shaft in the freezer, and either heat the bearings in the oven at just like 200*, or heat them with a torch, and they'll hopefully just slide right on. What do you think? I haven't had any luck so far with heating things with a torch to get them off. But I'll admit I don't really know what I'm doing. I'd really prefer not to take this stuff to a shop, but I have limited tools & supplies (no press, not a lot of scrap metal & stuff laying around to make ghetto SST's out of).

Rebuild kit comes in tomorrow! Unfortunately it'll probably be the weekend before I can really start on it. I would like to have the bearings off the shafts (& the needle/cage bearings out of the case covers) before then.

I took mine to a friends shop to press the bearing on and off when I installed my 4.7 gears.

Thanks, yeah, looking like that's what I'll need to do, except I don't know anyone with a shop unfortunately. Hopefully they won't charge too much. I guess I'm one of the few without a well stocked shop who's done something like this? I'm surprised at how few people have advice on this stuff. Seems like without a press though, if I did come up with a way to do it, it would require a lot of banging, so maybe it's just worth it to pay some money. Might just have them press the new bearings on, too, while they're at it...