Well, the Princess Auto unit works fine to push out wrist pins, I just did a set off a big block. I'm sure the Canadian Tire press looks to be every bit as good and more, so I bet it will work great.
Mark will be pretty buff with all the bench pressing.
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'64 Parisienne CS "barn find" - last on the road in '86 ... Owner Protection Plan booklet, original paint, original near-mint aqua interior, original aqua GM floor mats, original 283, factory posi, and original rust.
Just like in the review Carl left, is the bar with the pin welded to it. The pin is welded crooked. Carl straightened his, I'll have to get the same done to mine someday.
And in use pressing in the front upper control arm bushings, with the use of spacers as to not collapse the control arm:
Nice looking press for sure. I have Princess Auto's 20 ton floor model and briefly considered doing the press work to remove the old pistons from the rods and install new pin and pistons. Walked the road before and broke a couple of pistons. It sucks when you don't have the right adapter etc. to do it safe and correct. I had the machine shop do it this time around and they charged $95 for all 8, thought that wasn't bad. I believe part of their process was to freeze the pins first. I wouldn't want to apply that much heat to the aluminum and certainly wouldn't want anyone honing or machining in any way to make them work, yikes, too scary for me.
