looking to buy a press maybe

[dragonsung]

Looking for a write up/ video that shows how to use a press for wheel bearings and bushings on the cb7 or just how to use it for this sort of thing. I'm thinking about buying a harbor freight press and was wondering what size I need. They have a 6 ton workbench non hydraulic press for around 70. What else car wise could this be used for?

do you think it will break?

[illinois_erik]

the 6 ton ones alright for bushings, however I quickly found out the throat wasnt that big so I wound up buying same dimension angle iron only twice as long, drilled in holes and reassembled it. In hindsight I shouldve held off till the floor standing model was on sale and gotten it, because on sale itd have only been like 40 dollars more than what I put into the 6 ton.

[Tishock]

Years back I thought about getting a 6 ton when I was first looking around. But luckily happen upon a coupon for the 20 ton for $99 from HF. I'm so glad I got the stand alone. There have been so many times where the 6 ton would not have been enough to handle some of my projects.

There are plenty of "how to use" presses on Youtube

I also bought different sets of multiple size drivers like below. You can also use your tool sockets with or without an extension for many applications. But I find that driver sets are more stable/controllable.

http://www.harborfreight.com/10-piec...set-95853.html

[Stoner51]

What everybody else has said. I have the 6 ton press. There are very few things i can actually use it for because it is just not big enough, tall. I used it for my Lower control arm bushings and it worked ok.

Hindsight. I would get the 12 or 20 ton stand up press.

steve

[illinois_erik]

im going to get a 12 ton bottle jack eventually, but this works well for tight spaces and will do anything honda. itll be easy to make a press brake and fab up smaller stuff..probably with just aluminum, maybe even a small die punch

[Fleetw00d]

I got the 12 ton press. I got it used for about the price of the 6 ton. Trickiest thing is using it to compress shocks/springs - I need to make better fixtures for supporting the spring seat and cap. Like many things, get as much capacity as you can afford.

[BackRoadCB7]

Not a fan of anything smaller then a 15 ton press unless you only every using the press for parts small in diameter