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COPO427
08-09-2005, 08:07 PM
Guys,
I need some samples or ideas of how I can rig up a steel box frame with a hole at the top so I can use a hydraulic floor jack to press out/in 1st and 2nd gears on a Muncie if needed. Any ideas or pics of what you've made would be appreciated. I know if the steel beam in my basement was lower I could rig something on that but there's got to be an easier way besides going to your local engine builder. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/3gears.gif

Hotrodpaul
08-09-2005, 09:52 PM
I will post a pic of my homemade press using a 20 ton bottle jack. I did use my bridgeport mill to drill the holes though.

Paul

COPO427
08-09-2005, 10:03 PM
Thx Paul.

Hotrodpaul
08-10-2005, 05:00 AM
Here is my home made press. The sides are 8" C channel but the whole thing is only 18" wide. Initially, I built it for pressing bearings from shafts and gears but now I wish I would have made it a minimum of 24" wide to accept larger items. The ones that they sell at Harbor Freight etc are wimpy by comparison.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/Hotrodpaul86/DSCN0060.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/Hotrodpaul86/DSCN0061.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86/Hotrodpaul86/DSCN0062.jpg

Paul
69 Camaro SS L78

COPO427
08-10-2005, 05:03 PM
Thx again Paul!!