Decent quality gear pullers

[ndg]

I chucked them in the scrap bit in disgust !
I bought a set of Sykes pickavant clone , hydraulic pullers , Kennedy branded , £200 ISH I think .....from Zoro they were .

Thanks for the Kennedy suggestion - I've generally liked their stuff. Zoro have this set that covers my need for a separator and 2/3 legged pullers:
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/tools-a...rs/hydraulic-puller-set-25-piece/p/ZT1120358X

Or I've found a used Sykes Pickavant set of hydraulic 2/3 leg pullers with a couple of rams not too far away for £300 (maybe a bit less) and supplement with this separator?
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/tools-a...c-bearing-separator-set-75-105mm/p/ZT1120360X
But is Kennedy stuff that much worse that it's worth spending £200 more?

Appreciate all the feedback

 

[Brad93]

Last lot i had from Sykes it was still made in UK

 

[Barking Mat]

@Barking Mat if the poster isn’t interested then I’d be interested feel free to send over details.

Small amount of motivation. Dunno know where it came from.

I'll dig them out tomorrow unless I'm motivated this evening, which is unlikely.

 

[Mikey D]

Thanks for the Kennedy suggestion - I've generally liked their stuff. Zoro have this set that covers my need for a separator and 2/3 legged pullers:
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/tools-a...rs/hydraulic-puller-set-25-piece/p/ZT1120358X

Or I've found a used Sykes Pickavant set of hydraulic 2/3 leg pullers with a couple of rams not too far away for £300 (maybe a bit less) and supplement with this separator?
https://www.zoro.co.uk/shop/tools-a...c-bearing-separator-set-75-105mm/p/ZT1120360X
But is Kennedy stuff that much worse that it's worth spending £200 more?

Appreciate all the feedback

That's the same Kennedy set I have , it's quality in my opinion , having seen the Sykes in the past , depends on your budget / preferences .
The Sykes set I saw years ago was in a metal case , there probably in a plastic case also these days as well ??

 

[Smallfry]

I would be running a decent bead of weld inside the outer bearing which would shrink it making it easy to remove

I ruined two alloy gearbox casings doing this. Put the alignment with the other end out of kilter. Could never get the endfloat right afterwards, and the shaft bound tight to loose in one revolution.

Would be OK in steel or iron housings though.

 

[Matchless]

I pulled these out of a skip that was outside a garage that had just closed down! But I had to pay £80.00 for the 60 ton press.............. no not for sale, you will have to wait until my wife fills a skip or 10!

 

[winchman]

I pulled these out of a skip that was outside a garage that had just closed down! But I had to pay £80.00 for the 60 ton press.............. no not for sale, you will have to wait until my wife fills a skip or 10!

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I have a similar set the back board came from a member on here, the rest was bought a piece at a time from Jumbles and car boot sales.

 

[ndg]

I pulled these out of a skip that was outside a garage that had just closed down! But I had to pay £80.00 for the 60 ton press.............. no not for sale, you will have to wait until my wife fills a skip or 10!

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That is some top quality skip diving!

 

[ndg]

A bit of googling on the Kennedy set popped up a thread on here about them and the *very simiilar sets from other suppliers. All got good feedback. So I tried to order a version of the Kennedy on Amazon, being sold by AB tools - pictures were an exact match, price was a bit lower, but I also had some amazon vouchers that needed using. Order turned up yesterday - not the set they pictured, but the same crap that everyone else lists. The quality was not great - the ends of the 'jaws' were not machined (at least not straight), surface finish was noddy and branded as toolzone, which sets expectations pretty low....
Set ordered www.amazon.co.uk/Bearing-Separator-Internal-External-Hydraulic/dp/B01MG9J7ND/ref=sr_1_16
Set delivered www.amazon.co.uk/US-PRO-Hydraulic-Bearing-Separator/dp/B078Y83G9V/ref=sr_1_25
Anyway, not happy, return initiated.

I ordered the Kennedy set from Zoro yesterday, delivered this morning, so will see what they look like when I get home.....

 

[Robotstar5]

A bit of googling on the Kennedy set popped up a thread on here about them and the *very simiilar sets from other suppliers. All got good feedback. So I tried to order a version of the Kennedy on Amazon, being sold by AB tools - pictures were an exact match, price was a bit lower, but I also had some amazon vouchers that needed using. Order turned up yesterday - not the set they pictured, but the same crap that everyone else lists. The quality was not great - the ends of the 'jaws' were not machined (at least not straight), surface finish was noddy and branded as toolzone, which sets expectations pretty low....
Set ordered www.amazon.co.uk/Bearing-Separator-Internal-External-Hydraulic/dp/B01MG9J7ND/ref=sr_1_16
Set delivered www.amazon.co.uk/US-PRO-Hydraulic-Bearing-Separator/dp/B078Y83G9V/ref=sr_1_25
Anyway, not happy, return initiated.

I ordered the Kennedy set from Zoro yesterday, delivered this morning, so will see what they look like when I get home.....

In my experience they will be damaged/parts missing due to their poor packing dept

 

[Mikey D]

That's the same Kennedy set I have , it's quality in my opinion , having seen the Sykes in the past , depends on your budget / preferences .
The Sykes set I saw years ago was in a metal case , there probably in a plastic case also these days as well ??

 

[Matchless]

That is some top quality skip diving!

I also got Calamity Kim her Colchester student from the same garage closure, he was a sort of mate who had a garage opposite mine, when I packed up I gave him many words of wisdom regarding shutting down and not trying to keep old customers happy by doing just a little job for them etc. and hey ho he made all the same mistakes.............................

 

[DAPPH]

Toyota?
Sykes Picavant at very good and loads on eBay second hand.

You might have to carefully & thoughtfully dress the jaws a tad as they often get slippage damage ,/

I made my own pullers for tube , shafts and such like you have illustrated out of angle iron 8 &12 mm all tread rod plush washers and nuts for a few pounds total cost .
Using a 3 pound slide hammer weight I turned up on 400 mm length of 10 mm cold rolled rod as the extraction force ,

 

[ndg]

Pretty happy with the Kennedy set. Much better than the ones from Amazon. The arms are all the same length for a start!