Puller for bearing carrier

Claim 1

An implement for extraction of a component being positioned about a fixed shaft, the implement comprising: an elongated tubular main sleeve including a sleeve outer side, the sleeve having an inward end and an outward end and the sleeve defining a slideway; a nut member, having a threaded bore formed therein, said bore being axially aligned with the slideway; the nut member being fixedly mounted at the outward end of the sleeve; a pair of secondary sleeve members of tubular form fixedly secured to the outer side of the main sleeve at substantially diametrically opposite locations thereon; the secondary sleeve members having passageways therein arranged substantially parallel to the slideway of the main sleeve; hook members, each including an elongated shaft, a hook end and an opposite threaded end, the shafts extending through the secondary sleeves, and having nuts engaged on the threaded ends thereof with the hook ends projecting forwardly of the inward end of the main sleeve, the hook members engaging said web; a thrust member slidably positioned in the slideway, the thrust member having a first end extended in the direction of the inward end of the main sleeve, and a second end extending toward said nut member; a thrust actuator comprising a threaded shaft contacting the second end of the thrust member, the shaft being threadedly engaged in the nut member, rotation of the threaded shaft forcing the thrust member against said fixed shaft and causing the withdrawal of the web from the housing; the first end of the thrust member has a chamber formed therein with a threaded chamber section; and the fixed shaft is outwardly threaded for connection with said chamber section.