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Need to replace the lower bearing in the Bandita. I had heard removing the old races was an awful job and was prepared to suffer. I must say that it went quite easily thanks to some tips I'd read prior to doing the work. One tip is to cut deeply into the lower inner race on the steering shaft and crack the race with a cold chisel instead of trying to pull the race off. This worked like a charm and took all of five minutes with my little pneumatic cut off tool. The other tip was to heat, bend and grind a drift at an angle that allowed it to get a good purchase on the outer race. Two hits with a hammer and it fell out. Off to the bearing store in Chelmsford during my lunch break... Should have it all back together tonight. Lemme know if anyone wants to borrow the "custom" drift. It'll prolly work well on wheel bearings too.