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Miniac

Miniac

Member
racerx said:
. . . . Tell you what...you bring the beer, I'll bring a bottle of MrDaniel's finest single barrel and we can plan the next discussion of how best to save the world.
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It's a deal. I'll bring a bunch of my favorite Red Angus ribeye steaks while I'm at it, . . . or maybe some good ol' southern barbeque.

I dunno about saving the world, but we all know the secret to making it a better place - now all we have to do is convince all of the world leaders to get together once a year for a 3-day ride. That'd solve a lot of problems.

Big men. Little motorcycles.
It's a beautiful thing.

-kevin
 
dennis d

dennis d

120cc
Miniac said:
It's a deal. I'll bring a bunch of my favorite Red Angus ribeye steaks while I'm at it, . . . or maybe some good ol' southern barbeque.

I dunno about saving the world, but we all know the secret to making it a better place - now all we have to do is convince all of the world leaders to get together once a year for a 3-day ride. That'd solve a lot of problems.

Big men. Little motorcycles.
It's a beautiful thing.

-kevin
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Obama ain't riding my bike !:21:
 
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69ST

Well-Known Member
jdgmbi1 said:
I hate to come into this and dumb it down, but I have some wheel bearings off my z50 that I have tried everything I can think of to get them out and they are not budging?

Is there a secret, or is just plain ol' operator error?

Thanks.
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A proper bearing puller makes life a lot easier, at least for the first side. If you're only doing a couple of sets of bearings, an improvised/makeshift slide hammer can substitute. Guaranteed, you'll trash the bearings in the process. It's up to you to figure out what to use to hook the inner side of the bearing; it'll have to be able to withstand hammering at the far end long enough to pull the bearing out. On CT70 hubs, you can usually get just enough movement of the distance collar to allow you to catch the edge of the inner race from the opposite side, using a long drift, punch or flat blade screwdriver. That kills the bearing, too. Monkey hubs are usually a tighter assembly, thus that trick may not work.
 
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69ST

Well-Known Member
MSZ said:
Or are we going to have a technical discussion the metalurgy of bearing pullers to round out this thread?
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Nah, the metallurgy's tip-top, it's just the color I'm not too sure about:drum:
 
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snooter

Member
the absolutly best way to remove and install bearings is with an arbor press..bearing puller OK but arbor press be best (keeps bearing straight)..of course my press is powder coated which affected the metalurgy so it not much good..just kiddiing
 
jdgmbi1

jdgmbi1

120cc
Thanks, but that might be a little overkill for this one task and I don't see the need to do this more than a couple times in my life-I think.
 
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snooter

Member
just make sure you install the bearing straight...if not you will be replacing bearings and other stuff more often then you can imagine
 
jdgmbi1

jdgmbi1

120cc
Great, something to look forward to screwing up? Is there a trick to getting them in straight? I assume slow and easy?

Thanks for the tip.
 
MSZ

MSZ

Moderator
Put the bearing in the freezer.

Heat up the bearing race with a heat gun on the low setting or a hairdrier for that matter.

Bearing drops right in.
 
jdgmbi1

jdgmbi1

120cc
Ah! The ol' expantion v. contraction theroy? Super, thanks a bunch MSZ.

That's why I love these type of sites. If your not afraid to ask you can find out little tricks that either you would have never known or would have had to go through a lot of painful trial and error-and I have plenty of that already in my day job.:)
 
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