BX front axle bushing removal tool.

[crabhab]

My Kubota BX 1500 has developed a leak in the front axle pivot bushing. Dealerships charge anywhere from 400 to 700 bucks to pull your front axle and replace the bushings.

I wanted to find the correct tool to remove the bushings. The bushings on the front axle of the bx series tractors are not in blind holes but they are seated against a shoulder machined in the axle housing preventing an easy push-out from the opposite side. I have found many blind bearing and bushing pullers that will work on Kubota BX front axles. They range in price from 70 to 500 dollars.

Here is an example of a lower end kit that I am considering buying to complete the job.

Motorcycle Blind Bearing and Bushing Puller : Amazon.com : Automotive

I really like the motion pro kit:

Motion Pro 08-0292 Blind Bearing Removal Set : Amazon.com : Automotive

 

[tjkubota93]

Those are nice tools. If you're like me its a good excuse to buy them.

You could try tapping the bushing and threading a bolt into it and rigging up a way to use your slide hammer or a gear puller on it.

Or just chisel it out. The bushing should be softer than what its pressed into.

 

[tjkubota93]

Bushing cutters

 

[thetooth]

I just replaced 3 oil seals on my front axel . I had to buy this Posi Lock 104 4" Reach, 0.5" - 5" Spread, 11024 lbs Capacity 3 Jaw Puller: Amazon.com: Industrial & Scientific to remove one of the bearings . It is a well made tool my local Sears stocked this item for $70.00 .

 

[crabhab]

I thought about bushing cutters they seemed like they would work but the blind hole bearing/bushing pullers seem like the right tool for the job.

 

[tjkubota93]

Yes the pullers you have there look to be the best way.

 

[AceDeuce]

I dropped the axle myself, threw the whole thing in the back of my truck and took it to the shop along with new bearings. They charged me $80 in labor to pull the old ones and install the new ones.

 

[brain55]

I'm glad I decided to look up the part numbers on those bushings before I told you those tools were going be too small. I have done a lot of B's but no BX's. Your bushings are 25 mm od and 20 mm id, much smaller than the B's.

Brian

 

[crabhab]

Bushings o rings and plastic seals are in along with a new pivot bolt. I am waiting for my bushing puller kit

 

[tjkubota93]

How many hours you got on the bx1500? Do you use a front loader alot?