Need a piece of steel tube.....

[leevtr]

....Of sufficient strength and diameter to knock my lower steering bearing down. Anyone know where to get some, or have a bit already, and fairly local. Only need to do the last 5 mm, but the stuff | have isn't man enough and I'm losing he will to live with it.

[AMCQ46]

if you have some universal axle stands for your car [or if a neighbour has] the upper section of that works a treat.

also don't put a block of wood between the hammer and the tube as it absorbs to much of the initial impact and the brg stops moving before it is bottomed out

[AMCQ46]

lee,
2 more obvious bits of wisdom tha ti guess you have already done, but pays to check.

use the old bearing as a spacer/cushion between the drift and the nice new bearing.



oh and you did remember to fit the lower seal didn't you?

[VTRDark]

I ended up using a big adjustable wrench and hitting that, moving the jaws around every couple of whacks so the bearing went on evenly. Otherwise riding around and going over a few bumps will knock things into place, then re adjust the tension.

(:-})

[tony.mon]

Using the old bearing upside down on top of the new one.you can grip the lower yoke and old bearing in a vice and use the vice to do the work.
Apply pressure to one side then the other.
Just before the new bearing is completely seated, centralise the seal; once it's home you won't be able to move it.

Easy, effortless and you don't hit your fingers with hammers.

[Jamoi]

I was going to ask Chuck Norris to tell the bearing to just get on.. but ended up using an old hoover tube and lube

[MacV2]

When I did mine I got Tony to do it.

Worked a treat.

Didn't bash me thumb once...

[darkember]

Use the inner race of the old bearing and a piece of tube that will slide onto it. You wont find a tube to fit exactly onto your new bearing, been there before.

[leevtr]

lee,
2 more obvious bits of wisdom tha ti guess you have already done, but pays to check.

use the old bearing as a spacer/cushion between the drift and the nice new bearing.



oh and you did remember to fit the lower seal didn't you?

lol, yes seal in first, and dont have a vice ( coming soon, although by the time I build a bench and buy a vice I wont bloody need it )

[ging500]

ended up using an old hoover tube and lube

Don't want to know what you get upto in spare time

[Tweety]

It's even easier to just use the but at the top and a big washer over the pipe if needed... No hammers involved... Just smoothly tighten down the pipe and bearing...