How to Remove a Yoke With a Bearing Puller

by rjesquire2022 in Workshop > Repair

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How to Remove a Yoke With a Bearing Puller

yoke with carrier bearing on pulled axle.jpg
Yoke Puller Made from a Bearing Puller.jpg
Tiger tool Heavy Duty Yoke Puller.jpg

We made use of a heavy duty push puller with bearing splitter to remove a stubborn yoke because we did not have immediate access to the industry highly used Tiger Tool yoke puller.

Supplies

Push Puller.jpg
Bearing Splitter.jpg

Bearing splitter; Push pull tool; two crescent wrenches; and WD 40

Place bearing splitter around the yoke.jpg

Thoroughly lubricate all bolts; Place bearing splitter around the yoke and tighten it securely with nuts to clamp down

screw the push puller into the yoke.jpg

Screw the push puller into the bearing splitter and tighten metal braces against cross member.

screw main bolt into the center of the driveline.jpg

Screw the main bolt into the center of the driveshaft.

screw bolt into cross-member.jpg

Tighten the nut on the crossmember of the push pull and place a crescent wrench to keep its leverage against it.

turn outside nut.jpg

Turn outside nut with second crescent wrench until yoke is loosen.

If too difficult to turn with hand strength get someone to use leg strength as you hold the second from slipping off.