| Author | Message | ||
     Buellxb422 |
Hi is there anyway to remove the roller bearing thats pressed into the case that the crank goes through at home having a hard time finding a shop that can do it anyone make a homemade tool? | ||
| M1combat |
this isn't a bearing surface/location that you want to mess with. Do it right. It needs a proper bearing press for both removal and install. It can NOT be safely removed/replaced in any way other than straight out/in. That said... If I absolutely HAD to do it... I'd get a metal pipe of just the right OD, lay the case on a flat section of ground with something between it and the ground to preserve the surface, level the pipe as exactly as I could to the bearing and hit it hard. But I wouldn't do it that way. As far as installing the new one... I don't think there's a substitute for a bearing press. Maybe some sort of perfectly aligned puller from the other side but I don't know that one exists. It can't pull on the inner race of the bearing. (Message edited by M1Combat on July 31, 2015) | ||
| Greg_e |
One of the cheap presses from harbor freight won't work? | ||
| Natexlh1000 |
DO NOT get a bearing press from harborfreight. They are not worth more than scrap. I got one of these: http://www.harborfreight.com/6-ton-a-frame-bench-s hop-press-1666.html to press out the U-joints in my old Toyota's drive shaft. All it resulted in is a bent bearing press and a trip to a real shop to do it for me. PERHAPS the larger ones aren't garbage but I suggest you find a shop to do it for you. That bearing is too important and hard to get to to do it half or even third-ass. | ||
| Greg_e |
Yeah, these presses suck, but for some things they work fine. Never looked at the roller bearing so no idea how hard it would be on an HF press. |
