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Vettezuki
07-11-2009, 07:26 PM
How big of a hydraulic press is necessary for typical car work (press fit parts, studs, bearings, bushings, etc.): 12, 20, 30, 50,? I'm guessing 30 ton should be plenty big. Also, bigger than that is where the prices start to pick up quite a bit.

enkeivette
07-13-2009, 01:51 AM
Too difficult to fit a control arm in a press. Use an air hammer on the edge to walk it out, tap it in with a socket.

Vettezuki
07-13-2009, 01:55 AM
Too difficult to fit a control arm in a press. Use an air hammer on the edge to walk it out, tap it in with a socket.

Been there, done that. I'm talking about "general" car use.

BRUTAL64
07-13-2009, 10:28 AM
How big of a hydraulic press is necessary for typical car work (press fit parts, studs, bearings, bushings, etc.): 12, 20, 30, 50,? I'm guessing 30 ton should be plenty big. Also, bigger than that is where the prices start to pick up quite a bit.

I used a 12 ton for 15 years. When I get the next one it will be a 20 ton. But, a 12 ton handled everything I did back then.:bigthumbsup:

Vettezuki
07-13-2009, 12:25 PM
I used a 12 ton for 15 years. When I get the next one it will be a 20 ton. But, a 12 ton handled everything I did back then.:bigthumbsup:

Thanks Glenn. That's the answer I was looking for.

TimAT
07-25-2009, 06:45 PM
I've got an old 20 ton from the truck shop I worked in some 20 years ago. It handled everthing we did in that truck shop. (anything that came in the door). The expensive part of the whole show was the blocks to bridge the press with. A 1" thick steel block that's 10" long and 6" wide is not cheap. And you need 2 at the minimum.

Vettezuki
07-26-2009, 01:51 AM
. . . . The expensive part of the whole show was the blocks to bridge the press with. A 1" thick steel block that's 10" long and 6" wide is not cheap. And you need 2 at the minimum.

You mean to provide a "base" for pressing against? Do you have any pics of your setup?

big2bird
07-26-2009, 10:11 PM
You mean to provide a "base" for pressing against? Do you have any pics of your setup?

Yep. Here ya go.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=6834

Vettezuki
07-26-2009, 11:11 PM
Yep. Here ya go.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=6834

That ain't bad. Here's the press I'm looking at. A bit less than HF for 20 tons.

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/tls/1252084735.html

TimAT
07-27-2009, 06:00 AM
That's just like the one I have. Instead of those press blocks with all the cutouts mine are just simple pieces of 1" thick steel. Those and a bearing splitter are about enough to do anything you need. The bearing splitter is just a block that has an edge and 2 big thru bolts. First one I came across on a search:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00970739000P


I'll tell you, I've had the whole thing off the ground- at full capacity of the ram, when the bearing pops loose, everything will jump. Makes you think about where you're standing.

Vettezuki
07-27-2009, 08:01 AM
That's just like the one I have. Instead of those press blocks with all the cutouts mine are just simple pieces of 1" thick steel. Those and a bearing splitter are about enough to do anything you need. The bearing splitter is just a block that has an edge and 2 big thru bolts. First one I came across on a search:

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00970739000P


I'll tell you, I've had the whole thing off the ground- at full capacity of the ram, when the bearing pops loose, everything will jump. Makes you think about where you're standing.


I gots me one of them as part of the C3 rear end service it. When I rebuilt my trailling arms I "pushed out" the spindle by "hand", slightly bent a 1 inch press plate using a 4 foot red neck breaker. I'd prefer never to do that again. :)

BRUTAL64
07-27-2009, 03:32 PM
Yep. Here ya go.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=6834

Those usually come with the NEW press.

Vettezuki
07-27-2009, 06:23 PM
Those usually come with the NEW press.

I'm pretty sure they're separate, at least at HF.

BRUTAL64
07-28-2009, 10:00 AM
I'm pretty sure they're separate, at least at HF.

Did you ask them?:huh: