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Originally Posted by Rusty
The only thing a good mechanic needs in his tool box is a small hammer and big hammer.
Slide hammers work Ok if you get behind the bearing evenly. I've seen some DIY's make a mess using a slide hammer.
Could you post some pictures of the special designed alignment tool that you made?
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I don't have a pic of the alignment tool. It's just two pieces rather than one. One part is basically a machined steel pipe that has an OD that just fits in the bearing, the other part fits perfectly in the steel pipe and also fits in the coupler. If you use the inner part in the coupler without the pipe part, you can easily tell which way to make gross adjustments.
The slide hammer I was referring to is a special tool for removing bearings. Like this: