Steering/Head bearing race remover tool(s) for sale. Maybe?

[salty_monk]

Fine by me.

[Tech73]

I'm still in....now how to send the money?

[Crazy_Russian]

very interesting, pm with how much? :-D

[Mr.Midas]

I really could have used one of these a couple months ago... what a pain in the neck!(at least I know what to do *next* time)

This is a great deal for those who can't/ don't want to make their own.(I have the tools and just enough pipe, so I'm set)



I suspect you will end up with a lot more interest than expected. All for a good cause... saving fellow enthusiasts from the headache and cursing involved with such a seemingly simple procedure.

[mriddle]

PM or post your paypal .. I will take one

It's actually designed after the Park Tools bearing race driver. So you'd be able to. Not on Chris King though, they have their own fancy shmancy one.



Ok, so I determined I can ship them reasonably through USPS. $13-$15 for shipping.

How does $20 to your door (Lower 48) sound?

Oh and I'm going to go buy another length of pipe so I'll have 11 total, sounds like I have 7 spoken for at the moment?

[cal_look_zero]

I need to refine them a little bit. I'll PM all of you with paypal info when I get some that I feel comfortable selling. Thanks for looking.

[shwaz]

"It's actually designed after the Park Tools bearing race driver. So you'd be able to. Not on Chris King though, they have their own fancy shmancy one."

That's awesome. I'm in for sure. Will keep An eye on this thread, hope you're able to make it happen! Thanks a ton

[Joe Nardy]

I'll take one if you still have any.......

Thanks,
Joe

[cal_look_zero]

oldrookie
bwringer
tkent02
Tech73
7981GS
salty_monk
mriddle
LoopGaroo
Crazy_Russian
the schwartz
Joe Nardy

11 people in, you all have PMs (or will very shortly)

I got my cutting system refined pretty well, should be able to get them all squared away in short order.

[tas850g]

Please add me to the list. Need to do this on the GS and gixxer.

[cal_look_zero]

I got a couple of messages about getting one in a week or two.

NO WAY!!!

Just kidding. I'm planning on making a BUNCH and having "stock" on hand, so no rush.

[cal_look_zero]

I'm going to try a different material with a little thicker wall tubing. I bent my prototype while beating the hell out of it trying to get a (deliberately) cockeyed bearing race out of my spare cb frame. Then again it may happen with the professionally made one as well with as hard as I was hitting it, but I'd rather see if I can mitigate it with a little stronger tubing.

Price will remain the same, no worries.

The guys that already paid me, will have a tool coming next week.

[cal_look_zero]

hehehe, totally lost my ass on the short term.

I had to go and buy a bandsaw I got so many requests for these things. Should be turning out about 7 of them today, so if you already paid, I should be getting them out tomorrow. Anyone on the fence, I'll be offering them for $20 shipped through friday. Saturday at 12:01 they go up to $25 shipped.

[terrylee]

I'll take one, just give me your paypal acct.. terrylee

[cal_look_zero]

Ok, I got these guys on lock. Enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC0HpJch1Ec

I had to get a special blade made up for my bandsaw since this material is so GD hard.

The wall thickness of the material is 2.67mm up from the original material of 1.57mm

This has it's pros and cons, like I mentioned above, it's more than 2 times the cost of the original tubing. And as you can see from the video, you have to work to get it past the race. HOWEVER, it's a helluva lot stronger, and you have near 0 risk of bending the shaft like had with the cheaper stuff.

I will mention that you will almost certainly need to tweak the fingers to fit exactly how they need to for the lower race. I'll have them as close as possible (which should be good enough) but if it's really in there, you may need to flare the fingers out a bit so they're less likely to slip past the race.

I've found that a propane torch (heat) and the cans of air for cleaning electronics; held upside down (cold) make the job a lot easier.