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12 ton H-Frame Floor Shop Press

12 ton H-Frame Floor Shop Press

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$170 USD on Harbor Freight Tools
Remove and install bearings, bushings, gears, ball joints, U-joints, pulleys, etc. You'll be able to create substantial pressure for your arbor and press-out jobs, with little effort. H-frame shop press can be used for electric motor and armature repair, installation and removal of pressure-fitted parts, and bending or straightening of metal. Open side heavy duty construction allows work on the longest work pieces Working distance: 1-3/4 in. to 25-1/2 in. Width between channels: 17 in. Raise and lower table for the best working distance possible Ram has spring return to speed up your work

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  1. benzmercml350

    Driver Left Knuckle

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    2. benzmercml350

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      2005 ML 350 163.157
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      Discussion Starter · #11 ·
      Hi Noodles,

      for your shop press do you have all the metal pieces to stake up to put under the knuckle to press in the wheel bearing and wheel hub,



      Noodles said:
      Something like this, although mine is a 20 ton.
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      12 ton H-Frame Floor Shop Press

      Amazing deals on this 12Ton H-Frame Shop Press at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
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  2. Z

    Control Arm and Ball joint replacement questions

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     by zombiehunter
    2. mramay

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      Smoke Silver '87 560SEC, Black Pearl '87 560SEL
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      graftdesign said:
      Would this press be helpful in pressing out bushings on our suspension?

      12 Ton Shop Press
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      It would get the inner (fender side) bushings out of the upper control arm (UCA) and the inner (chassis) side bushings from the lower control arm (LCA). It might get the ball joint out of the LCA but without the right adapter it *won't* put the ball joint back into the LCA.

      UCA inner bushings are not hard to remove. LCA lower bushings are terrible, horrible, obscene, #$%^&*, etc. etc. I've done two W126 LCA's and a sawzall was very useful!! It was either that or explosives.

      I take out lower ball joints with a large socket (~ 1 1/4") held against the bottom of the ball joint and with the spindle assembly braced against something solid (involving steel or concrete) use a BFH to convince the ball joint to come out. I put them back in with a MASSIVE c-clamp tool, like this one on ebay - Item number: 380454100377.

      This is not technically challenging work, just a lot of work. Whilst you're playing with the lower control arm, overhaul the dog bones too.
       
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  3. Darth Daimler

    4MATIC front wheel bearings R&R

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    1. chucelli

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      2000 E430 4Matic, 2007 R320 CDI, 2012 E63 P30, 2013 SLK250
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      I'm not sure I understand how your homemade tool works. I can tell you that even with a shop press, it was clear that great deal of force was needed. I used a 20 ton press from a friend's shop. You should be able to get something like this for around $100. I don't know how easy it is to find a press where you are, but I don't think I would have been able to complete the bearing R&R without the press.
       

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