Swing arm Bearings

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kev64
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Swing arm Bearings

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So I removed the swing arm for powder coating.
I will have to remove the bearings for this (I think)

Never done this job before.

Just removed the circlip holding the 2 roller bearings.

Any tips on removing the bearings ?

Or will I just smash them out (as usual) :D
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yep :thumbup:
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Yep smash them out
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I've just had a look on you tube
And there's away of pressing them out
In a vice with a suitable socket,
Almost a touch of finesse !!
Ha, but smashing them out with as
Much brute force as possible is much
More fun !!
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I got a piece of threaded bar and some penny washers and made a tool which worked well :thumbup:
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carmanbikes wrote:I got a piece of threaded bar and some penny washers and made a tool which worked well :thumbup:
:thumbup: now that's more like it :)

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carmanbikes wrote:I got a piece of threaded bar and some penny washers and made a tool which worked well :thumbup:
I made one up in a similar fashion for pressing to new ones back in.

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Pressed out using the vice/socket method, both sides came out nicely
without any unneccesary brute force (makes a change) :thumbup:
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Pressed back in, pretty much a reversal of removal,
using threaded bar, washers etc
managed to get a washer about half a mill smaller than the
bearings, so that went well !!
Thanks guys :thumbup:
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kev64 wrote:Pressed back in, pretty much a reversal of removal,
using threaded bar, washers etc
managed to get a washer about half a mill smaller than the
bearings, so that went well !!
Thanks guys :thumbup:
:clap:
Two bikes, still only four cylinders!

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