Need advice on a bearing splitter...

[jonrpick]

Ok, so I bought the "large" bearing splitter from Harbor Freight (no jokes, please)...

The "edges" that are supposed to get under the bearing didn't quite do it properly because they're too thick. It destroyed the inner bearing I was trying to remove from my pinion.

So, I got a new bearing, pressed it on, and I find out I need to change the shim under the bearing after running a test pattern on the gears.

I'm not about to use the same bearing splitter (I already verified that I had used it correctly, it was grabbing the cage and not the bearing itself).

So... I just went to Sears' website, and...WTF!?!? Their prices on bearing splitters are outrageous. Good ones or not...DAMN.

Justify this...

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00970756000P?keyword=bearing+split



Can anyone recommend an affordable bearing splitter that will do the job I need it to? I paid $20 for the one from Harbor Freight, which I intend to return. But even the $80 one from Sears seems a bit out of my price range as I'm on a budget.

 

[sled_dog]

That is a kit of twelve...

Edit: Scratch that, after a look in the OTC book that is just the biggest one they make. Its max spread is 12 7/8" and minimum of 5". They have much smaller ones, much cheaper.

 

[Confedneck79K30]

yeah, get an otc1123, should work just fine

 

[jonrpick]

yeah, get an otc1123, should work just fine

Ok... this is the 1123.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00970750000P?keyword=bearing+split

You think the edges will be thin enough to get behind that bearing, all the way down to the race?

 

[4X4HIGH]

I have that bearing splitter at work and it does just fine.

 

[jonrpick]

I have that bearing splitter at work and it does just fine.

Ok, well I'll head down there tomorrow and see about getting it then.

Thanks guys...

 

[sled_dog]

take the Sears number with you. I would be FLOORED if they have it in stock in a store. I would be amazed if anyone there knows what it is you are asking for otherwise.

I took them a 3/8" impact universal that was broken before. I showed the people in the store, and they asked me, "what is that?" And then informed me to get it replaced I would have to contact the tool division(and handed me a number) and send it to them for replacement. Which is when I realized that no matter what it was I intended to buy, from then on it was coming off of a tool truck.

 

[jonrpick]

take the Sears number with you. I would be FLOORED if they have it in stock in a store. I would be amazed if anyone there knows what it is you are asking for otherwise.

I took them a 3/8" impact universal that was broken before. I showed the people in the store, and they asked me, "what is that?" And then informed me to get it replaced I would have to contact the tool division(and handed me a number) and send it to them for replacement. Which is when I realized that no matter what it was I intended to buy, from then on it was coming off of a tool truck.

Well, I know that the quality of the tools at Sears in no way is a reflection on the intelligence of the staff...

Maybe they can look it up by the part #. I'll call and try to find out over the phone. If not, I'll see if Napa has something.

I heard about somebody renting a Snap On bearing splitter. Where can I do that?

 

[sled_dog]

um, no idea. Some random person or distributor doing it I'd say.

 

[blazin_blazer]

hmmmm....my sears store just swapped my 3/8'' ratchet for another 1, just yesterday, 1st time i've used sears lifetime warranty in a long time,..but they have always just swapped my tool out....they sent an air ratchet off once, but its not covered under the lifetime handtool warranty, but it was still under the limited warranty

 

[sled_dog]

ratchets are fine and dandy. Normal, they see them every day. If its something thats covered but they don't know what it is, or don't usually stock it in the store, thats when the headache starts.