Railroad roller bearing puller

A railroad wheel bearing puller for pulling the bearings from both ends of an axle/wheel assembly of the type including a pair of opposite end stub axle portions upon which the bearings to be pulled are mounted and which project outwardly from the remote sides of the wheels of said assembly, said puller including an overhead mount for disposition over a section of track along which axle/wheel assemblies may be rolled, an elongated horizontal support structure for disposition transverse to said track section, suspension means adjustably suspending opposite end portions of said support structure from said mount, a pair of followers mounted on said support structure for guided movement therealong, first motor means adjustably varying the spacing between said followers, a pair of opposing wheel bearing engaging and pulling fixtures dependingly supported from said followers and axle end engaging abutments supported from said followers for shifting relative thereto toward and away from each other, and second motor means operatively connected between each follower and the corresponding abutment for controllably inversely shifting said abutments toward and away from each other relative to said fixtures.