[melb] where to press out-in wheel bearings?

[mocchi]

anyone can recommend me place to press out-in front wheel bearings in melbourne?

i got quoted abt $60-80 per wheel. omg or am i cheap? lol

[EGB18CT]

buy a press and diy, presses range from 150ish for 12 tonne to 250ish for about a 20tonne

[vinnY]

$60-80 including or excluding the wheel bearing?
do they need to unbolt the knuckle off the car or are you gonna take the whole assembly to them?

[mocchi]

sorry shouldve said:

$60-80 just to press in-out bearings.

i said i bring the hubs and bearings myself and they were like "yeap, thats abt [insert price above] per side"

and i was :eek: "boo"

[mocchi]

"you're looking at 2hrs of work so that would be $160 in total plus gst"

how come i was under the impression pressing in-out bearings was like $20-30 per side :confused:
lol wth.

[vinnY]

2 hours of work? it's like a 5 minute job to press out the bearing with the appropriate equipment
i'm sure they're charging you to take out the knuckle too

otherwise they just don't want your business

[mocchi]

whats the press called? im gonna look it up ebay... wth other places said 3 hrs of work
1.5hrs each side

and how many tons required to press out these bearings?

nb. not being smart ass but if you dont know for sure pls dont reply.

[vinnY]

hydraulic press or shop press

my 12t press was able to push mine out without a problem
with that amount of time that they quoted for the work, i'm sure they're quoting you the time to take out the entire knuckle and reinstall it


nb. not being smart ass but if you dont know for sure pls dont reply.
that aimed at me?

[mocchi]

hydraulic press or shop press

my 12t press was able to push mine out without a problem
with that amount of time that they quoted for the work, i'm sure they're quoting you the time to take out the entire knuckle and reinstall it


that aimed at me?

lol no man, you've helped me before with the bushing diy thing vincent so its not to you


should i buy the press for 180 delivered or just go to one of these shops that says can do it in 1 hr labour $77

hmm... damn

[vinnY]

oh right :p

well i bought my press for about $180 shipped
may or may have cost less if i did it at a shop but i couldn't afford to have time off the road to do my bushings and stuff(that and i'm a lazy ass and like to work at my own pace)

guess you just need to make it clear that all the work you need done is pressing the hub out, bearing out, and new ones in and you'll reinstall it on your car yourself

[mocchi]

yea i did make it clear to them, "just to press in-out bearings, i'll bring my parts to you"

meh.. such a ripper.

[vinnY]

yeah i'm out of diy guides for that unfortunately :p
could probably use a slide hammer, but i doubt you have one of those

[mocchi]

i think im just gonna buy it... phak! gotta put everything back in... im so stoopid :( che!

ps. when press comes, you ppl can rent it LOL i'll charge hmm maybe $20 a use hehehehe ;p

[vinnY]

depends man, do you intend on doing all your bushings too?
if you do then get the press
if you're changing your bearings because they're noisy and you don't want to do any other work, then just get someone else to do it for you

only bought mine because i'd be doing all the work myself

[mocchi]

gf bought an ek from car pickles, so i thought it would be good to buy press and do her bearings too.

=o she can pay half lol hehehe

[vinnY]

tell her she *needs* the work done
you can't do it without tools :p

[mocchi]

tell her she *needs* the work done
you can't do it without tools :p

bahaha exactly! thanks man, i was kinda stressed getting all the quotes.. omg its so unbelievable.

thank heaven theres OzHondaRRR! :thumbsup:

[Paul1985]

Same thing happened to me.
I called a few places as i needed 2 new ball joints pressed out and in the lower arms of a car. I had the arms off and the ball joints ready to go. I press bushings in and out of arms at work quiet ofter. As long as you have the appropriate pieces to press with it is a simple 5 min job.

One place quoted in excess of $100 and i told him no way, i can almost buy a press and do it myself.

Finally found a place who did it for $40 for both arms.

Hopefully i'll be getting a press soon.

[vinnY]

you can be tight like me and buy it from dealsdirect (http://www.dealsdirect.com.au/p/hydraulic-shop-press-12-tonne-capacity/)

you'll just face getting paid out by the likes of blitz (http://www.ozhonda.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1899974&postcount=23) :p

[mocchi]

LOL thats where im planning to buy it from. but theres this ebay one (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170263150094&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007) for $195 (20 tonnes)
if i can pickup ill get that one... its in tullamarine. gotta go there anyway tomorrow pickup car.

[dsp26]

^^didn't realise you had a proper one...

thought you had a bench vice which i thought would be suitable

[vinnY]

^^ talkin' to me ron?