Swing Arm Bearing Removal

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Dale

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Malta
Hi Chaps

Is there any trick to getting the bearings out of a swing arm?
The green book just says to knock them out with a drift, but we are not having a lot of luck with that.

Back ground:
Swing arm from a (?) RGA with roller bearings.
I left them in place whilst the swing arm was blasted and painted, and now need to remove them so that I can fit the new ones.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Dale
 
Yes, remove them before painting.

I remove the needle rollers and cages, then mark the inside of the outer bearing casing with a Dremel, then use a series of implements to break up the casing, before extracting the remains with long nose pliers.
As I said, not something you really want to do after it's freshly painted.

Refit new ones as per the link.
Reply 127 in this thread:
http://www.laverdaforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=86293.120
 
Yes, I must admit Mr Haggis's suggestion was a doozie - simple, cheap and effective.

No need to remove rollers either, in fact it probably helps to leave them in for that method.
 
I just added to that How To thread.

If you have access to any sort of a welder, just tack weld a heavy flat washer to the bearing race, then whack the race out with a big hammer...

Use threaded rod and washers to draw the new bearing/race into position, also helps if you cool the bearing in a freezer for a while first to shrink it a bit.

Paul LeClair
 
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