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Pressed bearings without a press for years, finally got the proper tool
Spent 6 years installing headset and BB bearings with a hammer and socket. Worked fine until I ruined a $45 Phil Wood bearing last Tuesday by hammering it in crooked. Picked up a $60 bearing press kit from my local co-op in Seattle and it took me 10 minutes to do what used to take an hour of fussing. The difference is night and day, bearings seat dead straight every time. Anyone else hold out on buying the right tool and pay for it later?
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thomasshah28d ago
That Phil Wood bearing was the expensive lesson. Once you cross that line and start counting what the hammer has actually cost you, it changes how you look at every tool in the shop. A cheap press pays for itself the first time you don't wreck a $45 bearing, and after that every job is just faster and cleaner. The real trap is waiting until you've already eaten the loss to finally buy the thing.
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