I like your way of thinking Steve! Whenever I'm lacking specialist tool to perform a task I look around toolbox, garage shelf, kitchen even behind the shed for something to catch my eye. 9 out of 10 I come up with servicable tool then depending on needs and convenience I decide if it's worth to buy proper stuff. Thanks for inspirational videos.
Hi . You are a very resourceful guy. Thank you for sharing your ideas! If I can add something on my part: I recommend that you always use a 10.5mm spacer, even the large one - yes, you can buy a 10.5mm spacer with a large outer diameter. Secondly, it will be better to use a screw made of a better material (8.8 or 10.9) - you still have the thread in good condition after repeated use. As for the screw head - an Allen head is a better solution in this material class.
This is awesome Steve! I used a standard BB cup tool and ran a bolt through that and used the same filed off washer idea for the puller. You make really simple tool videos and I love them!
Great video Steve. I'll make this tool for sure. I've made other tools that you have show cased in the past and has saved me $$$$ for sure. Just on thing, you have to replace that back tire for sure, lol!! Looking forward to the next one..
Brilliant video which I have now used to extract a very troublesome press-fit BB. Thanks a million, you're a real start, keep up the good work. Richard in Devon, UK
I've been a big fan of making stuff out of poly pipe for a long time so I thought I'd give your bearing puller tool and press tool a go. My expectations were pretty low, mostly because my tool making skills are a bit average and various bike shop people warned me about potential disasters when using anything other than the expensive BB tools they were selling. Luckily I have a broken bike I can practise on so there was nothing to lose. Imagine my surprise when both tools worked perfectly first time! Now servicing and replacing the dreaded press fit BB is as easy as the threaded BB on my old mountain bike. A big shout out to your wax/PTFE recipe too. I've done about 200km on my first waxing and just finished rewaxing, not because the chain was noisy, just to see how it would go. I'm a convert. Even if I don't get your amazing chain life, it'll be worth it not to get covered in oil every time I go near the bike (I'm a bit of an oil magnet). Thanks for your content. Great Aussie ingenuity.
Perfect video! I replaced a press fit bottom bracket on my carbon frame a while ago, and it was honestly nerve-racking to do it with a hammer and the leek-style Park tool RT-1 i borrowed from a friend. I won't be doing it again. I will definitely make this tool the next time I need it!
hello, this isn't a bearing pulller related question but it is about your diy water proofing video. can I ask if I can use denatured alcohol instead of white spirits? getting hold of white spirits in my place is basically impossible, unless you've got the cash😂. hope this gets answered, answer will be highly appreciated.
Just to say thank you. I used this method (4:46) to remove a brass insert that was pressed into a cast aluminium fuel petcock from my motorcycle. It made a seemingly impossible task completely painless.
Awesome. I have the classic puller with the inline hammer. Noise is so terrific on my carbon enduro bike than I failed to extract my grippy rear bearing. I will try your solution asap
Great video. The best place for BB30 bearings is in the bin! (CAAD10 owner). I have installed a ZTTO thread together bottom bracket (from Ali Express) instead.
@@robnoonan9051 so far so good after 6 months of part time use (~1500km). I used lots of marine-grade lithium grease during install. Still spins around smoothly as I check it every time I take chain off (every 350km to rewax chain). I'm using a SRAM gxp crankset with Shimano to gxp (2mm) adapter as I wanted to ensure could I use Shimano or gxp crank in the future
thx a lot for making this video. exactly what I was looking for for my T47 BB bearing change. Aldo really nice to watch as recreational tho it helps me get and make this simple tool myself
Owning the proper tools for the job is something I don't think twice about because I don't like shops touching my bikes. Anything can happen to your bike when you leave it in the hands of someone else and I won't go in to detail because I don't want to bore people. When you look at what shops rates are they are pretty high these days. And there is that dreaded waiting time. I just feel it is better to invest in the proper tools, then I have them forever. I actually have enough tools to open my own service shop since I've been doing this for more than 30 years now. I love tools. When I die someone is going to get a gold mine.
Absolutely brilliant 🤯 What are the 3 size washers you have at the end of the video there for the two bearing sizes and the cup? 28mm 34mm and? Thank you 🙏🏼
Awesome tool, all the way down to the crank arm w/bolt cap. I really like new tools but I love DIY ingenuity. Could you swap in a larger poly cap for pulling the cups, instead of the poly slice? Or does it need to be flat?
Needs to be 2 sizes....1 holds cup whilst pulling bearings , larger ring or collar to pull cups. You can use a larger cup to pull cups but it would require dissassembling tool when swapping to bearings , or 2 dedicated tools.
Just made one of these bad boys this morning... supoib (and cheap)! Many thanks for that - now to make the press so I can install a new bottom bracket 🙂
Been watching the bearing replacement in the wheels, getting my head around what’s needed but… how do you pull a bearing that has the same internal diameter as the spindle? Re. Campag Vento G3? Expanding bolt to grab 8mm?
The only thing it doesn't do is pull a bearing where the bearing has a spindle going through it (eg washing machine motor). That needs a puller with jaws that grips the outer side / lip of the bearing and the bolt pushes down on the spindle end. But I'll let you off since I don't often cycle on my washing machine. HA!
Can you not also fit both small & large adapted washers inside the end "cup" because if both go through the large bearing aperture why would it matter if you had 2 puller washers behind it rather than just 1. You don't need to replace one with the other just leave them both in situ. I like this inventiveness though, it's nice to hear the logical thought of Design.
Yes , you will need to remove bearing to get the next size washer in to pull the cup out. If you are careful you can tap the cup and bearing out together with a piece of dowel(broomstick) coming in from the opposite side of the bb.
@@stevenleffanue thanks, non issue now I see. This is dub BB with outboard bearings. On Ti frame I can’t get a 3 points of contact with cup on frame. Looks like a knockout….
Instead of the make shift handle as you called it, why not drill a hole through the end of the bolt and slide another rod or bolt through it so as to make a T-handle?
Good idea but don't know if necessary when a Chinese kit sold at the page everybody knows its about 12 Euro and works fine for a lot of different bottom brackets. Nice video.
Brilliant. Have you figured out how to get the bearings off pedal spindles? LOOK wants $90 for a new Ti spindle and bearing, just because the bearing is shot. PS for someone with a LOOK bike, you should be able to spring for new rear tire before it gets bald 😉
If replacing the old bearing for new it want matter if you ruin the old to get it off. Tapping the bearing side to side it will slowly rock it's way off. Sockets work well too if you get one very close to the right fit.
@@stevenleffanue and what about pressing the new bearing on, just tap-tap-tap with a socket? LOOK says the bearings are swaged on, I have no idea what that means
You've outdone yourself this time! Great job.
I like how you kept improving it well past being serviceable to the point where it became user friendly. Well thought out and executed.
Thank you Steve from Croatia. Today I made the tool and successfully extracted bearing without a single hit with the hammer. Thank you very much!
I like your way of thinking Steve! Whenever I'm lacking specialist tool to perform a task I look around toolbox, garage shelf, kitchen even behind the shed for something to catch my eye. 9 out of 10 I come up with servicable tool then depending on needs and convenience I decide if it's worth to buy proper stuff. Thanks for inspirational videos.
Mate... Best video I've seen this year on UA-cam!
Fantastic work. Congratulations
Hi . You are a very resourceful guy. Thank you for sharing your ideas! If I can add something on my part: I recommend that you always use a 10.5mm spacer, even the large one - yes, you can buy a 10.5mm spacer with a large outer diameter. Secondly, it will be better to use a screw made of a better material (8.8 or 10.9) - you still have the thread in good condition after repeated use. As for the screw head - an Allen head is a better solution in this material class.
This is awesome Steve! I used a standard BB cup tool and ran a bolt through that and used the same filed off washer idea for the puller. You make really simple tool videos and I love them!
Great video Steve. I'll make this tool for sure. I've made other tools that you have show cased in the past and has saved me $$$$ for sure. Just on thing, you have to replace that back tire for sure, lol!! Looking forward to the next one..
Brilliant video which I have now used to extract a very troublesome press-fit BB. Thanks a million, you're a real start, keep up the good work. Richard in Devon, UK
I've been a big fan of making stuff out of poly pipe for a long time so I thought I'd give your bearing puller tool and press tool a go. My expectations were pretty low, mostly because my tool making skills are a bit average and various bike shop people warned me about potential disasters when using anything other than the expensive BB tools they were selling. Luckily I have a broken bike I can practise on so there was nothing to lose. Imagine my surprise when both tools worked perfectly first time! Now servicing and replacing the dreaded press fit BB is as easy as the threaded BB on my old mountain bike.
A big shout out to your wax/PTFE recipe too. I've done about 200km on my first waxing and just finished rewaxing, not because the chain was noisy, just to see how it would go. I'm a convert. Even if I don't get your amazing chain life, it'll be worth it not to get covered in oil every time I go near the bike (I'm a bit of an oil magnet). Thanks for your content. Great Aussie ingenuity.
Thanx for relating your experiences Peter , much appreciated.
One like is not enough! Thank you! What a simple, well thought out tool!
Hi there, thanks for sharing your thoughts. I have always wanted to know how to make it. Your explanation was very good.
Perfect video! I replaced a press fit bottom bracket on my carbon frame a while ago, and it was honestly nerve-racking to do it with a hammer and the leek-style Park tool RT-1 i borrowed from a friend. I won't be doing it again. I will definitely make this tool the next time I need it!
This is great! Thank you for all your effort. Saves me many trips to the hardware store and lots of money.
Thanks for making these DIY videos.
Any chance you can share the washer size you used for pulling the BB30 bearings?
this is what actually I'm looking for. kudos to you sir.
Mr. Oz you're a tool wizard, thanks for the valuable video's (i've seen 'm all)
Love it! Follow up vid, how to make a diy bearing press?
Great job! Thanks for very good video with improving in details to complete the universal excellent tool.
Another great vid mate!
Cheers from the Poms in England 🏴. 👍🏻
hello, this isn't a bearing pulller related question but it is about your diy water proofing video. can I ask if I can use denatured alcohol instead of white spirits? getting hold of white spirits in my place is basically impossible, unless you've got the cash😂. hope this gets answered, answer will be highly appreciated.
Great job, thank you for sharing your creativity!.
Very well done! An Excellent way to Create a very useful and versatile tool that I'll use often. Thank you for sharing your creativity.
I love how you always find a nice and cheap solution to things
again brilliant valueable content. thank you so much. greetings from germany
Absolutely brilliant! You are always so full of ideas and practical solutions which you share with your channel.
Brilliant! As always.
Amazing video! I have a similar diy tool, but your crank arm idea is much better. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Who is this guy? Must be or was a professor. Excellent detailed instructions. Unusually well made how-to video. Thank you!
We call those bolts "Carriage bolts" in the US & Canada.
Just to say thank you. I used this method (4:46) to remove a brass insert that was pressed into a cast aluminium fuel petcock from my motorcycle. It made a seemingly impossible task completely painless.
Awesome. I have the classic puller with the inline hammer. Noise is so terrific on my carbon enduro bike than I failed to extract my grippy rear bearing. I will try your solution asap
Nice to see the evolution of the tool - excellent video - thank you,
Amazing Steve Thanks for sharing knowledge... 🎆
too bad i just removed my bearings today using your old videos, thanks oz! another great hack.
Very nice solution , and cheap too. Next episode a tool to press them in again? Cheap too. Cheers, from Scotland.
A hex bolt with 2 washers and one nut works fine for cups and bearings to press in both sides at once
Great video. What diameter washer and cut away sections to remove BB30 bearing please, I don’t think it was mentioned?
At 12m 42s ....bb30 washer is OD34mm ,filed to 28mm
Hello,
If we’re taking the bearings out, we need a method to reassemble. Have you made a DIY bearing compressor? Thanks.
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@@stevenleffanue
Very cool! Much appreciated.
Thanks for the fast response!
Great video. The best place for BB30 bearings is in the bin! (CAAD10 owner). I have installed a ZTTO thread together bottom bracket (from Ali Express) instead.
Any creaks? What crank are you running?
@@robnoonan9051 so far so good after 6 months of part time use (~1500km). I used lots of marine-grade lithium grease during install. Still spins around smoothly as I check it every time I take chain off (every 350km to rewax chain). I'm using a SRAM gxp crankset with Shimano to gxp (2mm) adapter as I wanted to ensure could I use Shimano or gxp crank in the future
Great Job. Great ingenuity
Excellent. I’ve been hammering old bearings out which destroys them. Much better to pull them out as some can be cleaned, regreased and reused
Yes , you can pull them out , clean n regrease...done it many times with this tool.
Wow nice tool 👌 Just what i need for my giant tcr 😃👍
thx a lot for making this video. exactly what I was looking for for my T47 BB bearing change. Aldo really nice to watch as recreational tho it helps me get and make this simple tool myself
Absolutely genius my Man !!!!!!
Hi Steve, great guide! Have you thought of the DT Swiss hub caps and bearing removal and press tool?
Yes , for some hubs like DT Swiss it would be better to use the dedicated tools.
Owning the proper tools for the job is something I don't think twice about because I don't like shops touching my bikes. Anything can happen to your bike when you leave it in the hands of someone else and I won't go in to detail because I don't want to bore people. When you look at what shops rates are they are pretty high these days. And there is that dreaded waiting time. I just feel it is better to invest in the proper tools, then I have them forever. I actually have enough tools to open my own service shop since I've been doing this for more than 30 years now. I love tools. When I die someone is going to get a gold mine.
Genius!!! Thanks Oz. 👍
Absolutely brilliant 🤯
What are the 3 size washers you have at the end of the video there for the two bearing sizes and the cup? 28mm 34mm and? Thank you 🙏🏼
Awesome tool, all the way down to the crank arm w/bolt cap. I really like new tools but I love DIY ingenuity.
Could you swap in a larger poly cap for pulling the cups, instead of the poly slice? Or does it need to be flat?
Needs to be 2 sizes....1 holds cup whilst pulling bearings , larger ring or collar to pull cups. You can use a larger cup to pull cups but it would require dissassembling tool when swapping to bearings , or 2 dedicated tools.
@@stevenleffanue thanks for the reply. Yep I realized that right after my comment - heh. Really appreciate your videos.
love your DIY videos
Great! Could you do a vid for us Campy users? Mainly, power torque cranksets? Puller is required for pulling crank arm, and bearings.
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@@stevenleffanue Oh I know, it’s $100.00!
most excellent.
love how you evolved the tool.
I presume this would work as a bearing press as well, for bottom brackets and wheel hubs
Just made one of these bad boys this morning... supoib (and cheap)! Many thanks for that - now to make the press so I can install a new bottom bracket 🙂
Thank you!!! I did something similar, it is working perfectly.
Been watching the bearing replacement in the wheels, getting my head around what’s needed but… how do you pull a bearing that has the same internal diameter as the spindle? Re. Campag Vento G3? Expanding bolt to grab 8mm?
Use a blind bearing puller
@@stevenleffanue thanks very much, I’ll look it up
Absolutely brilliant!
thank you..a gem of a video
Good vid, I think your rear tire has seen better days :)
You, sir, are a genius!
This is so great. You could have patented the design and sell it, but now it is free on the youtube.
Always great videos, thanks for these.
The only thing it doesn't do is pull a bearing where the bearing has a spindle going through it (eg washing machine motor). That needs a puller with jaws that grips the outer side / lip of the bearing and the bolt pushes down on the spindle end.
But I'll let you off since I don't often cycle on my washing machine. HA!
Thanks from Argentina!
Aweson channel. I went to Bunnings and got my pulling tool assembled under $10
you're just simply genius!
Great video, but what does one do when they don’t have a 2nd bb already on-hand to base the measurements off?
The measurements for the washers are in the video.
How do we get the bearings back in tho?
use the tool from the other side
Do a search on Oz Cycle videos for "Press tool - make your own".
Everyone likes your DIY. It would be neat if you might collaborate with a CNC miller or 3D printer to reproduce your DIY.
Brilliant! Thank you!
The same principle can be used for wheel bearings.
Great video thanks
Brilliant ! Thank you M8
Can you not also fit both small & large adapted washers inside the end "cup" because if both go through the large bearing aperture why would it matter if you had 2 puller washers behind it rather than just 1. You don't need to replace one with the other just leave them both in situ. I like this inventiveness though, it's nice to hear the logical thought of Design.
Genius mate! 🤘🏽
Genius, love it 😀
Hola, de donde sacaste la copa negra?
Thanks a lot, man. This is an amazing idea.
Great idea, thanks for sharing mate 👊🏼👍🏼
my bmx has 19mm bearing with tube spacer between 2 bearings. how do i modify to make it work?
Awesome tool!
Hitting things (that aren't nails) with a hammer always makes me cringe. This is so much nicer.
Absolutely brilliant idea thanks
Thank you!
Beautiful !
Beautifully done 🏆
Elegant design well done.
Like it :-) been wondering out to get the bearings out of a wheel hub .Now I do cheers
I used this before and now need to perform some BB maintenance. Must I remove bearing or can I pull cup with bearing installed?
Yes , you will need to remove bearing to get the next size washer in to pull the cup out. If you are careful you can tap the cup and bearing out together with a piece of dowel(broomstick) coming in from the opposite side of the bb.
@@stevenleffanue thanks, non issue now I see. This is dub BB with outboard bearings. On Ti frame I can’t get a 3 points of contact with cup on frame. Looks like a knockout….
nicely done!
Instead of the make shift handle as you called it, why not drill a hole through the end of the bolt and slide another rod or bolt through it so as to make a T-handle?
Good idea. The cuphead bolt is only 10mm tho....would be a small hole indeed.
Good idea but don't know if necessary when a Chinese kit sold at the page everybody knows its about 12 Euro and works fine for a lot of different bottom brackets.
Nice video.
I dont think thats a slow puller tho?
@@stevenleffanue Yes it’s same concept.
@@milybanily I would much rather make my own. Satisfaction guaranteed ☺
@@DunderOz Of course, that's another history,
Brilliant. Have you figured out how to get the bearings off pedal spindles? LOOK wants $90 for a new Ti spindle and bearing, just because the bearing is shot.
PS for someone with a LOOK bike, you should be able to spring for new rear tire before it gets bald 😉
If replacing the old bearing for new it want matter if you ruin the old to get it off. Tapping the bearing side to side it will slowly rock it's way off. Sockets work well too if you get one very close to the right fit.
@@stevenleffanue and what about pressing the new bearing on, just tap-tap-tap with a socket? LOOK says the bearings are swaged on, I have no idea what that means
Yes you can use a socket but press on the inner race only for an axle , outer race only for a housing.
You're a very clever man!
Carriage bolt, at least it is called that in the US.
And in the UK 👍🏻
Love it. Thank you
Great DIY-solution, easy on the bearing
I don't have to have to put off that squeaky BB anymore! Thanks
What are the sizes of the spacers for all three?
omg you are a genius, thank you
Translating from Australian to United States usage, the cup head bolt is called, in the US, a carriage bolt. I have no idea why.
Translating from Australian to American. 👍😂😂
Funny I always known them as coach bolts
Coach bolt in the UK.
@@andygilbert1877 from Australia, Melbourne
@@zedtony8110 You mean a coach and horses bolt? 🤔😉😁
Very useful tools bro
Great job I’m going to make this tomorrow
great video.