"tg" wrote in message
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"Harry Bloomfield" wrote in message
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Put the unit in the freezer for long enough to get it down to -20 C. Make
up some hardish wood blocks with a V cut in across the
grain to better grip the shaft. Tighten the vice up on the shaft and pour
boiling water over the casing to expand it, avoiding
heating up the shaft.

The casing will expand faster than the shaft, perhaps making it easier to
extract it without damage. An engineer would use dry
ice instead of a freezer.

thanks for your response Harry, I tried what you said but this 'f**king
thing just will not budge. I froze it overnight, put it in
the vice, poured boiling water on the casing and then tried to bash it off
as per the manual's instructions. Wouldn't budge. Not
one f**king millimeter. I will only hit something so hard and then I draw
the line - don't want to break the casing. So after much
deep thinking I'm now off down the road to a whizz metalworker bloke I
know and see if he can make me a puller tool. I would have gone for this
option earlier but everywhere is shut down over Xmas and the New Year.


I haven't seen the original message, however:
I think that it would be a better idea to wrap some rags (possibly an old
towel) around the casing, in order for it/them to better and longer retain
the heat. Just pouring boiling water by itself may not be good enough.
I would also try without freezing the shaft, as it might _possibly_ be
counter-productive.
P.S. I remember fitting a gudgeon pin to a new motorcycle engine piston.
When the piston was cold, the pin would not enter _at all_. Having applied
the rag soaked in hot water to the piston, allowed the pin to go in without
difficulty.

Sylvain.