Alltrade Powerbuilt Front Wheel Drive Bearing Removal and Installation Tool Set, Domestic and Import, 23 Piece Kit with Adapters - 648741

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Was able to easily replace pressed in bearings on a 2014 Honda civic

I needed to replace both front wheel bearings and hubs on my 2002 Maxima, and I didn't want to pay a shop $700 to do it. The factory service manual recommended a 5 ton press to remove and install the bearings. Forget that. A lot of other kits I looked at were hub tamer kits for $400+ which is way more than I wanted to spend. So I went with the OTC Hub puller and this Alltrade kit, both together were less than $200 shipped. I have to say, the kit is of good overall quality for the price range. Sure, you could pay three to fives times as much for other, better-known brands, but for the weekend mechanic, this kit is more than enough. One of the bearings was spun so bad it exploded in half when I pulled the hub, so I knew I'd have a good time trying to pound it out.I was able to use a Craftsman air gun @ 90psi to operate this tool, unlike a previous reviewer who said the bolt stripped, I didn't not have this problem. The bolt showed no signs of adverse wear on the threads. Just make sure the adapter and receiver line up so you're not pounding away on the spindle knuckle. Even though this kit is not advertised as such, I was also able to use it to install the new hubs into the bearings. Just use one of the adapters to brace the back of the bearing, and another adapter on the hub, and drive away. Make sure you use a light coating of clean oil to lubricate the bearing outer race and hub before installation to ease the process.This kit along with my craftsman 26gal compressor and gun worked faster than my buddy's Matco setup with a 220v IR air compressor. Go figure.If you need to replace press-in FWD bearings, BUY THIS KIT. Just make sure you do it right and you should achieve great results!!

I just did a 2012 Honda Civic front bearings the only thing good about this kit is the multiple receiver sizes and press plates. I had to use my 1/2 acme thread with serious nuts, washers and Torrington bearing to make ease of this tool. The fine thread bolt they supply is not the best design. It’s a great tool but I had to use other press parts to make it work like butter. My acme threaded rod just laughed at the force needed to press these bearings out and the spindle flange in. Yes you must press the wheel flange in don’t dare hammer it in.

I needed an odd-sized bearing tool, one that fits a 74 mm diameter bearing. This was the only kit I could find that had it. Much to my surprise, the kit worked very well and had everything needed to make the job go easy. This tool has more available sized bearing discs to fit the non-standard metric (European or Asian) bearings that are out there, which makes it a good value. Though I wasn't sure about what sizes are included in the kit - that info doesn't seem to be listed anywhere - I called AllTrade, which is located in California, and the service people were able to tell me that it had the size tool I needed.The quality of the pieces looks very good. I would expect the parts to hold up just fine. Everything in this kit is black zinc-plated steel, not aluminum as with the less expensive kits. Unlike the other reviewer, the threaded bolt held strong during my job. Make sure if you are using an impact wrench to drive the bolt that the bearing disc is completely pressing on the bearing, and NOT on the knuckle. It can bind up on the knuckle sometimes, in which case I would expect the impact wrench to strip or snap the threaded stud, quality of the part notwithstanding.If you plan to use the bolt and an impact wrench to drive the bearing out instead of a press, make sure you have a 32 mm (impact) socket to turn the main drive nut. I used a Tekton 32 mm impact socket impact bought here on Amazon, and it worked perfectly. The head of the bolt is 28 mm, which I held fast with an adjustable crescent wrench.