Interesting, I looked at that one also Mark. I just bought the small Princess Auto 20 ton press in december. However I have a little bit more room than you. Mine is a floor model. It was a little on the short side for height so I built a base for it the other day and raised it up. I have very little bench space so that wasn't an option. I sure like the look of that Canadian tire press though. I'm curious to see if that one or mine will do piston pins.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Carl, which 20 ton Princess Auto did you buy? I suspect the one with the bottle jack.
I have a Princess Auto 12 ton bottle jack one, it's a little shaky, but sufficient for what I do on an occasional basis.
Oops, I was 1/2 asleep when I posted that, I bought the little 12 ton! So far for the one job I did pressing a 230 cam gear onto the camshaft it worked great.
I'll go correct my post.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
Interesting, I looked at that one also Mark. I just bought the small Princess Auto 20 ton press in december. However I have a little bit more room than you. Mine is a floor model. It was a little on the short side for height so I built a base for it the other day and raised it up. I have very little bench space so that wasn't an option. I sure like the look of that Canadian tire press though. I'm curious to see if that one or mine will do piston pins.
bought the same one as you Carl ( 12 ton ) also like the Crappy tire one as it looks like a way better design
I got a deal on my Princess Auto 12 ton as it was the floor model, and was definitely used. It normally sits on the floor, and I lift it up onto sawhorses to use it.
I may just have to go buy one Mark. Dad has a 40 ton press but a bit of a pain going over there every time I need to press every little thing. Has good reviews also...
Out of 17 reviews two are a single star. One says it was welded all wonky, the other was missing parts and zero support to make it right. As long as it sits without rocking, and doesn't leak all over, I'm fine with it.
On another note about CT. If you go in after the sale is over, they will honor the sale price up to 2 weeks later. May depend on manager...not sure if it's policy? Did this with a ratchet wrench set couple of months back. Told them how they were on sale and I missed it.
On another note about CT. If you go in after the sale is over, they will honor the sale price up to 2 weeks later. May depend on manager...not sure if it's policy? Did this with a ratchet wrench set couple of months back. Told them how they were on sale and I missed it.
It would completely depend on the manager. Canadian Tire's are all franchises. Once it leaves the Canadian Tire warehouse and is in the store the store owns it. If the manager is in a good mood he may honor the sale price, but don't count on it.
Interesting, I looked at that one also Mark. I just bought the small Princess Auto 20 ton press in december. However I have a little bit more room than you. Mine is a floor model. It was a little on the short side for height so I built a base for it the other day and raised it up. I have very little bench space so that wasn't an option. I sure like the look of that Canadian tire press though. I'm curious to see if that one or mine will do piston pins.
I have a floor model Princess Auto Press. My experience with piston pins; It is stretching the power of this ram to make the initial "break". Once free it moves very easy. It is extremely difficult to hold pistons without damage and it is scary when it loaded enough to finally break free! One of the pins broke out along with a tiny chunk of piston fused to the pin.... junk.
Bottom line... You need to have a good setup to hold the piston and adding heat is highly recommended for the initial break. You're probably not saving money trying to do this. That said, I have also seen a Reputable machine shop's work on removing a piston to hone a pin (not by my choice) due to a very tight pin fit. It wasn't pretty, they should have left it alone.
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72 Nova SS - Minitubbed 70 Nova SS - #'s L-78 Bench Stick 68 Acadian SS clone - factory air 67 Chevelle rag - SS 427 clone
I don't plan to do any installing pistons on pins with this one. I've seen too many guys break a piston doing the job, so I always let someone else do it and gladly pay for it!
Wow, I've never heard of honing, that is scary to think how that could work out later on...
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
