12 ton press good enough?

[rockyota83]

yes i suck at the search apparently because i know this has been covered so please bare with me here. i need to setup some 14 bolt gears and install a set of trunnion bearing eliminators in my hi steer arms, i can get this http://www.harborfreight.com/garage-...ess-33497.html for around the same price i could pay someone with a press to do it for me so i figure i should just buy it so next time i need to press something i wont have to shell out any $$

12 ton strong enough to do basic things like i listed?

[guidolyons]

Get the 20T. 14BFF pinion crush sleeve can be a bitch.

[fatboyf150]

http://www.harborfreight.com/20-ton-...ess-32879.html

Go ahead and spend a little extra on the 20ton. It has a welded frame, whereas the 12ton's frame is bolted together with grade 5 bolts. Plus, you will have that extra 8ton when you need it.

[rockyota83]

i would but that takes me from 140$ shipped for the 12 ton up to 306$ shipped for the 20 ton which i cant afford (spent 4500$ on parts for my truck this month) so its either pay someone 100$ or buy the 12 ton press for 140$

will the 12 ton do it? or just pay someone? yes i want the 20 ton so i could dimple stuff but cant$ right now.

[primate60]

go this route ^^ (fatboyf150)

I set up my 14 with it

once you have one you wonder how you got by without it

[primate60]

did everything BUT the crush sleeve ...

[fatboyf150]

Originally Posted by rockyota83

i would but that takes me from 140$ shipped for the 12 ton up to 306$ shipped for the 20 ton which i cant afford (spent 4500$ on parts for my truck this month) so its either pay someone 100$ or buy the 12 ton press for 140$

will the 12 ton do it? or just pay someone? yes i want the 20 ton so i could dimple stuff but cant$ right now.

Do you not have a store close to you? If you do, got pick it up. Its on sale at $199.99. If you use a 20% coupon, you can get it for $160.00 plus tax.

[rockyota83]

damn crush sleeve

do they normally stock the 20 tons in the stores?

[primate60]

when I got mine they had a bunch in the storage units out back - it will come in like 3 or 4 different boxes

I got mine at the one in fresno,ca .. had to drive an hour to get it but where I live you got to drive an hour to everything
you could always call .. but I didnt

[rockyota83]

yea mines about 1 1/2 hrs i will give the store a call before i go, where do i score a 20% coupon links in the thread in this forum seem to not work, i signed up to their website maybe they will send me coupon via email.


thanks guys

[fatboyf150]

Originally Posted by rockyota83

yea mines about 1 1/2 hrs i will give the store a call before i go, where do i score a 20% coupon links in the thread in this forum seem to not work, i signed up to their website maybe they will send me coupon via email.


thanks guys

http://www.dealigg.com/story-Harbor-...ht-coupon-code

this coupon is valid until 12/31/10. Print it out and take it in the store. Also, print out one of the other free item coupon. Only one free item per visit per day. If you search for HFT 20% coupon, I'm sure you will fond others.

[primate60]

Originally Posted by rockyota83

yea mines about 1 1/2 hrs i will give the store a call before i go, where do i score a 20% coupon links in the thread in this forum seem to not work, i signed up to their website maybe they will send me coupon via email.


thanks guys

Sunday paper

EDIT:not sure if this week has it but thats where it was when I got it a few months back

[D60]

That pic w HF arbor plates standing up made me duck below my screen for a second

[primate60]

Originally Posted by D60

That pic w HF arbor plates standing up made me duck below my screen for a second

how do you think I felt!

I had a sign set up in front of me as a barricade ... it actually went really smoothly tho

[rocket flier]

I posted a 25% for new years in the HF coupon thread. In a prior post, I posted a link to the HF thread at slickdeals. 20%s off and free items. Plus the ITC coupons which they've accepted with the top torn off (remove ITC).

[edit] I just ran the ads and the after new years has the 12t for $99 (as a coupon). I don't see the 20t anywhere.

[Mh4Runner]

I usually try to not hold up a pinion support by the flange like that.

[primate60]

it worked just fine for me fawker came right out didnt even hesitate ... that being said id do it again

have you ever cracked/broke any 14 bolt flanges in a 20 ton press by doing it this way - or even known of it to happen in a 20 ton press?

[fatboyf150]

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showp...&postcount=108

hey rock, here is a 25% for new years day only.

[PTSchram]

Originally Posted by D60

That pic w HF arbor plates standing up made me duck below my screen for a second

Me too! Granted I probably spend way too much time building tooling for my presses.

The 12-ton presses are junk. There is a huge difference between the 12 and 20 ton units.

My 12-ton collapsed the upper beam and the movable beam disassembling the spline on a driveshaft

Both of my 20-ton presses get used almost daily and do what I need them to do.

[smewhtguy]

You guys just talked me into the 20t I was gonna buy the 12t this week.

[76scoutman]

I wish I had spent the extra $$ for the 20T press but at the time it was all I could do. It gets most jobs done for me but I have run into it's limitations many times in both size and strenght. So far it has a bent cross bar, has been welded together to keep from getting out of rack, the press shaft has bent, the jack shit the sheets, and I've added casters.

All that being said, make the drive to the store, get a coupon, and buy the 20T or build it yourself but chances are you can't build it for what you could buy one for.

[Mh4Runner]

Originally Posted by primate60

it worked just fine for me fawker came right out didnt even hesitate ... that being said id do it again

have you ever cracked/broke any 14 bolt flanges in a 20 ton press by doing it this way - or even known of it to happen in a 20 ton press?

Only when trying to crush the crush collar. If you are only removing the pinion, then you should be ok.

Those 14 bolt crush sleeves are a PITA, and I always use the press start to get it crushed.

[primate60]

Originally Posted by Mh4Runner

Only when trying to crush the crush collar. If you are only removing the pinion, then you should be ok.

Those 14 bolt crush sleeves are a PITA, and I always use the press start to get it crushed.

just removal
Basically everything EXCEPT the crush sleeve, I had a machinist/ring&pinion guy do that for me - $15 dollars well spent

[jasonmt]

Originally Posted by primate60

how do you think I felt!

I had a sign set up in front of me as a barricade ... it actually went really smoothly tho

We have a pneumatically controlled valve with quick connects on the air hoses so you can be as far away as you want from the 80 ton press for a reason, I was straightening the forks from the bobcat this morning and I was a good 15' away.

[primate60]

Originally Posted by jasonmt

We have a pneumatically controlled valve with quick connects on the air hoses so you can be as far away as you want from the 80 ton press for a reason, I was straightening the forks from the bobcat this morning and I was a good 15' away.

lucky bastid

I did upgrade to an engine block/bigger sign combo