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Originally Posted by duxthe1
FWIW, I have seen some 124 wheel bearings over the years that were VERY tight. I've met a few I doubt a 20 ton would press out.
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I haven't come across one like that just yet but I imagine there will be a time when I'll be heating and pressing at the same time...
...although I don't see the option in the first post I have a 12 ton table top model.
The table top option was the best for me because it is easy enough to move about my over crowded garage. A floor standing press would have always been in the way. For pressing pieces on and off longer things (like W123 axles) I've been sitting the table top press on a foldable workmate type work bench so long things dangle past the bottom of the table top press into the gap of the workmate.
The one thing that has been really useful on my press is the pressure gauge. Sometimes you meet a specification where at least XXX Newtons need to be applied. Although the gauge is also cheap it gives a better idea than just a feeling that perhaps it was OK.