How to heat bearings/cases etc without using an oven.

[Riceburner]

Would it be a case of "teaching grandma to suck eggs" if I were to mention the old trick of putting inner bearings into the freezer overnight before fitting? It's partner-friendly too as long as you remember to put them into a freezer-bag.

(worked perfectly on my front wheel bearings last time. )

 

[Black Rooster]

We have used a deep fat fryer to heat bearings for gearbox repairs, you can even control the temp if you get a posh one!

and if you use lard in the fryer no need to grease the bearings

 

[Black Rooster]

In the army in the early eighties and the fecking cook forgot the cooking oil so cooked the chips in OMD75 (oil mineral detergent), heated it up skimmed the scum off the surface and then used, it!!!! they tasted like shit and he got a good kicking.

and you point is sir

acc course is the hardest in the army na kent ever passed it

 

[Shep]

We have used a deep fat fryer to heat bearings for gearbox repairs, you can even control the temp if you get a posh one!

What oil?

 

[Black Rooster]

What oil?

ahhh time for an oil thread lol

 

[Steptoe]

Would it be a case of "teaching grandma to suck eggs" if I were to mention the old trick of putting inner bearings into the freezer overnight before fitting? It's partner-friendly too as long as you remember to put them into a freezer-bag.

(worked perfectly on my front wheel bearings last time. )

Pretty laborious method, and usless for me unless the customers don't mind waiting for a day while their bearings freeze.

 

[Riceburner]

Pretty laborious method, and usless for me unless the customers don't mind waiting for a day while their bearings freeze.

I agree that it's something you need to "prepare" in advance, but it's hardly laborious!

 

[Black Rooster]

Pretty laborious method, and usless for me unless the customers don't mind waiting for a day while their bearings freeze.

i thought the mighty steptoe had a freezer full of bearing and FDs

 

[Bendy toy]

Would it be a case of "teaching grandma to suck eggs" if I were to mention the old trick of putting inner bearings into the freezer overnight before fitting? It's partner-friendly too as long as you remember to put them into a freezer-bag.

(worked perfectly on my front wheel bearings last time. )

A roasting bag works fine for cooking parts in the oven. But wicked idea to use a sandwich toaster in the shed - no need to walk back to the house for a toastie.

 

[KTM-AL]

I have used our dish washer on a full cycle to do my dirt bike engine casings before dropping frozen main bearings in. Also done a Suzuki GS850 cylinder head .Always best degrease them first, but you still get a wiff of degreaser when you open the door

 

[flytoolow]

No burns if you use the microwave!

..Thats a joke right...! ????

 

[ahebron]

Simple and cheaply available at any boot sale for a coupleof pound, and perfectly sized for the garage/workshop.

A sandwich toaster/hotplate.

Heats up cases evenly with the heat top and bottom, largewr cases just leave it open and flat.

And if you do it at bacon time of day you can fry some bacon on the hotplate at the same time