Patent ID: 6966702
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: F16C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A bearing insert and service tools therefor providing for the removable installation of the insert within a cooperatively threaded bearing housing, the insert and tools comprising in combination: a cylindrical bearing insert sleeve having a first end, a second end opposite said first end, an inner diameter dimensioned for the press fit of at least one bearing therein, and an outer diameter; an externally threaded portion disposed about at least the first end of said sleeve, the externally threaded portion having a threaded diameter greater than the outer diameter of said sleeve; a plurality of tool engagement slots disposed peripherally about the first end of said sleeve; a bearing insert installation and removal tool having a first end, a second end opposite the first end, an inner diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of said bearing insert, and an outer diameter substantially equal to the threaded diameter of said bearing insert; a plurality of bearing insert engagement fingers extending peripherally and axially from the first end of said bearing insert installation and removal tool, the fingers being dimensioned for fitting closely within the slots of said sleeve; a bearing press plate formed of a rigid sheet of material having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, and a threaded, generally concentric bearing insert passage therethrough; the bearing insert passage of said bearing press plate having a diameter and thread configuration for the threaded and removable installation of the externally threaded portion of said bearing insert therein; and a plurality of support legs extending from at least one of the sides of said bearing press plate, substantially normal thereto.