Speedi-Sleeve (Wear Sleeve) Installation Tool

I just installed a Speedi-Sleeve on a 350 Utility PTO shaft. This is one of those situations where the shaft is way too long for the manufacturer-supplied installation tool.

The manufacturer recommends using a piece of pipe in this case, but I had a lot of trouble finding a pipe with a suitable inside diameter. I decided to use a piece of 1.5-inch I.D. PVC (a little too big), and cut several slices in one end using a band saw. I cut the slices about 2" long, aligned with the axis of the pipe. This allowed me to reduce the diameter of the pipe by squeezing it for a perfect fit on the Speedi-Sleeve. I added a hose clamp to keep the diameter where I wanted it, and it drove the sleeve onto the shaft just fine.

I think this driver is actually better than the manufacturer's tool, as that had a lot of "slop" and the PVC tool has none. If the hose clamp causes a clearance issue, it should be easy to substitute a piece of wire.

I'll try to post a picture (never done that before) of the tool holding the sleeve, as I'm sure it would be clearer than my description. My real purpose here is to get this into the archives for future reference.

Mark W. in MI

Looks like a good idea to me.

I think they call that yankee ingenuity. Good job.

Very neat idea!
I had a similar case for which I bored a hole in a piece of steel plate to accept the sleeve and tack welded the plate to the squared off end of a piece of pipe. Fortunately there was no clearance issue
The plastic pipe is far easier, so thank you for posting it.

Yankee ingenuity at its finest. Now I have a good excuse for NOT throwing away all of those short little lengths of PVC.

Thats a great idea , I"m going to post it in the shop for the guys......

Farmro engineering. 50 years ago they would have used baling wire. Slide the clamp down so it straddles the end half way and you have an adjustable tool for driving seals.