Tools worthy of a mention.

[spudulike]

Not sure if I have mentioned this set before. I have only used it a handful of times, it didn't cost more than £25 but it has made some very tricky jobs sooooo much easier. 

It is basically for removing any bearing that has disintegrated especially ones in blind holes.

Although it was cheap, it has been stonking. The latest one was removing a disintegrated wheel bearing from the Mother in Laws walker.

You insert the appropriate die inside the outer bearing race, do up the top to expand it tight then use the appropriate puller to pull the offending item out.

 

 

[pleasant]

22 hours ago, spudulike said:

Not sure if I have mentioned this set before. I have only used it a handful of times, it didn't cost more than £25 but it has made some very tricky jobs sooooo much easier. 

It is basically for removing any bearing that has disintegrated especially ones in blind holes.

Although it was cheap, it has been stonking. The latest one was removing a disintegrated wheel bearing from the Mother in Laws walker.

You insert the appropriate die inside the outer bearing race, do up the top to expand it tight then use the appropriate puller to pull the offending item out.

 

 

Got a similar set to purposely remove the small drive gear support bearing in the removable lower cover of the Stihl long reach and kombi hedge cutters. Got fed up cracking the alloy cover trying to lever out what was left of the bearing, and having to replace the cover as well. The very smallest blind puller just fits and does a great job.

[Alan Smith]

Why not use a hot air gun?

[Mark_Skyland]

2 hours ago, pleasant said:

Got a similar set to purposely remove the small drive gear support bearing in the removable lower cover of the Stihl long reach and kombi hedge cutters. Got fed up cracking the alloy cover trying to lever out what was left of the bearing, and having to replace the cover as well. The very smallest blind puller just fits and does a great job.

I use a little mini oven to heat it up and then whack it on a piece of wood to get them out. The same goes for the bigger bearings in the head which works a treat.

 

It also doubles up as ginsters pasty warmer :d

 

[Macpherson]

2 hours ago, Mark_Skyland said:

I use a little mini oven to heat it up and then whack it on a piece of wood to get them out. The same goes for the bigger bearings in the head which works a treat.

 

It also doubles up as ginsters pasty warmer :d

 

 

Yeah, aged 14 I got out blind bearings in motorcycles by sticking the case in my mum's oven at full whack until they just fell out... but as you say , sometimes the case needed thumped on a plank 👍

[pleasant]

On 28/01/2026 at 20:40, Alan Smith said:

Why not use a hot air gun?

Because we have a tool to do the job. We don't just use it for that application,but if you have a blind bearing puller it makes sense to use it. Furthermore, as a business it's in our interest to do the job as quick as possible, so using a puller we don't have to wait for the alloy cover to heat up, nor wait for it to cool down. Additionally, heating up grease in the cover is not the best thing to do..for the grease or the mechanic breathing it, and the heat can also remove and/or blister the orange paint, making the machine cosmetically worse than when it came in.

Edited 4 hours ago by pleasant