Affordable Bearing Pullers / Extractors

So….I'll need to pull the Maestro bearings out of my battered old Glory some time over the winter. I've done the upper linkage ones using sockets and the like but I might have to use the (shock horror…) correct tools for the lower ones. It pains me to take the bike to a shop when I am perfect capable of doing the work myself though.

I know Giant sell the Maestro kit which is reasonably priced, but is there anything out there for more general use at a decent price? The price I want to spend is the price I can get for a used Manitou Travis fork, so around $4.92 :lol:

https://www.acklandsgrainger.com/AGIPortalWeb/WebSource/Main/globalSearch.do?%7BglobalApp.quickSearchSearchType%7D=[HTML_REMOVED]%7BglobalApp.quickSearchCriteria%7D=bearing+puller

get creative with a threaded rod or a brass drift. bearing pullers are worth more than a Travis.

Try e-stalking Harbor Freight for sales. I got something like this http://www.harborfreight.com/blind-hole-bearing-puller-95987.html but with loads more collets for about $75. Whether your Travis is worth that is an whole other matter…

Thanks for the leads chaps. I have an arguably stupid rule in which I only get tools if I am given them or sell stuff. It's working pretty well in that I have various tool boxes full of stuff plus a TS2.2 truing stand and the like but I am hesitant to spend loads on stuff that I'll only use once a year (facing tools and the like) but that Harborfreight stuff looks like it could do the job.

Princess auto has a set that goes on sale. I have one works ok, also used it to pull the output bearing when i did my clutch.

Depending on the size of your bearings, have a look at the transition pullers/installers. They make them for 30, 32 and 36 mm I think. They've worked pretty well for me but I've lent them to less, um, careful mechanics with catastrophic results.

http://superstar.tibolts.co.uk/product_info.php?cPath=36[HTML_REMOVED]products_id=529
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