Hi all, looking to upgrade my bearing extraction/installation tools, as an early Christmas present to myself and have been looking at the BRT-040. For reference, I’ve already got the BRT-060.
In the context of smaller bearings, specifically those found in hubs, in various set-ups (i.e. blind, semi-blind, with spacer tubes sandwiched in between 2 bearings, etc), would it be correct to assume that the BRT-040’s collets are meant for removing the relatively larger bearings of a BB, while the drifts from the BRT-060 are meant for removing the hub bearings?
For the record, I’m not too partial to punches and slide hammers, as they seem too harsh; I tend to prefer gentler, smoother approaches when working on bikes, hence the plan to upgrade…
Good choice on the tools, these kits are expensive but fantastic.
Your understanding of the kit is correct. The BRT-040 has bearing pulling capacity for bottom brackets (24 mm bearing ID and up). The BRT-040 can also be used on hubs for pushing out bearings with shouldered (captured) axles.
Some hub designs will still require further tooling that will allow the pulling of bearings that have blind access, spacer tubes, or open access. Enduro now has the BRT-041 for those applications, but I’d sooner recommend bearing pullers from ALT/ALT or Abbey.
The drifts in your BRT-060 are almost entirely made for installation purposes. The one exception are the few items designed for removing frame pivot bearings (MTB), however, these aren’t intended for use on hubs
More on the BRT-040 here:
And if you haven’t seen it already, I’ve previously written a deep dive on smoothly pulling bearings:
Will the Abbey/Noble bearing puller tools work with sleeved/spacered bearings, like in a free hub body that has a spacer tube between the bearings? If so - how? A Dave Rome article says it works but I don’t see how the abbey expanding piece gets a grip behind the inner race when there is a spacer tube there. @Dave_Rome ??
@Babs, I wondered about that as well, and gut feel tried me that perhaps, you could side the assembly in, from the outboard side and tighten the hex thru bolt from the opposite end, as you’d normally do.
I’m hoping that that works provide enough purchase for the puller to do i it’s thing.
Happy to let you know if this works, when my kit arrives…
Thanks for the reply Dave!
A poster in discord mentioned Bearing Pro Tools. Looks like their V2 design is a hybrid of Noble/Abby and a collet that expands against the the inner race, and the Abbey fitting several bearing sizes per puller vs the Bearing Pro being one offs per bearing size.
If it’s an open ended search for bearing pullers, I can’t recommend the BPT V2 enough. Seems like an even more refined version of the noble design, for cheaper and covering a broader range of sizes
Worked great on this bearing with a tight spacer. Silver puller doesn’t extend past the race. I think it could even be used as a fully blind puller as well if there’s enough clearance behind it for the bit of wedge that extends.
Caveat emptor: I haven’t used the Enduro or noble, but have used the alt alt set, super b, and some automotive tools
Cool. Is that the blind wind out V2? How does it fit more sizes? Each tool is for one specific bearing size, I thought. Do you mean BP make more units to fit a broader range than Abby/noble does? Just curious. It doesn’t matter to me bc I just need to fit one or two sizes, so if it works the same on tight spacer tubes it is net net less money for me to go with Bearing Pro even with the cost of shipping.
Also - the bearing face depicted in your pic: was that face facing the inside of a Freehub body??!!
Yes, it’s a v2 wind out. Sorry for the confusion on sizing, I mean they offer more sizes. I bought the whole set, which is cheaper than the abbey set. Even cheaper in individuals of course.
The bearing you see is from a suspension pivot, but it was facing internally. Theres sorta a labyrinthine path to the inside, so it seems dirt works it’s way in eventually
