dpb wrote:
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Then, if you don't care about possibly wiping the bearings, a bigger
hammer is the tool if don't have press or can't cobble up something out
of the scrap pile to use w/ a hand jack or don't want to take it to a
machine shop.

One last note -- depending on the shape, it is sometimes possible to
pull the bearing off a shaft instead of pressing driving the shaft out
of the bearing if you can somehow find a way to get a purchase w/ the
puller legs and press against the shaft end from the right direction.

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