Inventors:
Floyd E. Cloward - Sequim WA, 98382
International Classification:
B23P 1904
Abstract:
A bearing press for removing or installing bearings or bushings. The press is an assembly of plates with apertures to enable a user to apply pressure upon a propeller strut with bearing for a propeller shaft in order to remove and replace or reinsert the bearing. The press is assembled about the shaft and does not require removal of the propeller shaft from the strut or the boat to remove a bearing. A user tightens bolts on both sides of the shaft which forces the old bearing out of the strut and into half cylinders which are spacers to allow the old bearing to be removed. The new bearing may be replaced at the same time the old is removed or another smaller pair of half cylinders may be used to only remove the bearing for examination.