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Anyone recommend or know of a good bearing removal kit available that will remove most wheel and swingarm bearings? I do know that bearings can sometimes be pounded out from the other side. I've found that some bearings, like the needle bearings on the TLR swinger, can't be removed via this method.
I've read that the more generic internal z-type pullers aren't great (can slip & cause damage)...that the case?
This kit by Motion Pro seems like it might do the job. Thoughts?
Or are bike/mfr-specific tools really the way to go for this type of job?
It's called a socket and extension and a hammer.
KB
If it's got a good lip on it I use a brass drift and a ball peen hammer from the other side. I've seen threaded pullers with collar systems as well as the slide hammer system you found. $188 is a lot to invest if you're not doing it that often. In places where special tools are required to get the job done I'll take the swingarm or other part off the bike and take it to the shop and have them do it.
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The one time I had to remove a blind bearing, I borrowed a tool that my neighbor had made from scratch. He started with a long brass drift and bent the end of it over 90 degrees and partially peened it so it would have a larger surface area. He then then threaded the end and machined a mating plate that threads onto the brass drift giving a flat striking surface. When he uses the tool, he takes a heavy impact socket and slides it onto the drift and then screws the plate on the bottom making it a slide hammer. It's not as efficient as a collet type remover since you have to work the bearing in a circle but it didn't cost him a thing since he made it out of scrap he had laying around.
If you don't want to make one, I found a slide hammer kit with 8 collets for about 80 fewer clams:
Sir Tools - SIRST9006 - 8 Pc. Blind Hole Bearing / Bushing Collet Set with Slide Hammer - DealTime-Direct.com
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Not positive what your swingarm looks like, so its tough to reccomend a tool. Is there a hole straight through with a lip retaining the bearing, or is it completely blind (only accessable from one side)?
You can make a bearing press with some threaded rod, a few nuts and washers, and two sockets. (Its what I use to change swingarm bearings). All parts availible at your local home depot or hardware store for around 5$ and some change.
Again though, this may not work, as I have no idea what your swingarm looks like.
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Alex Pearsall #121 ESMRA / #512 LRRS
I'm gunna throw my 2Cents in here and you guys can hang me out to dry if ya want. I do not like to punch a bearing out using a hammer and blunt rod.
The bore of the wheel vs the o.d. of the bearing is a close tolorence. Which means the bearing really needs to come out straight. By punching it out from the back, the bearing does not come out straight. The bore of the wheel can get oblonged or stretched if you will. This IMO, is not good.
And no, I'm not talking out of my ass... I been in the machine shop buisness for 22 years.
I'm not saying you "cant" do it, but it is definately not for me....
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I agree with Bren on this one. Out of round race surface will allow the bearing to rotate in its housing, the wheel or swingarm, and will eventually fail. Can it be done, yes, recommended, no.
Also, do not use a brass drift with bearings. The brass is too soft and will splinter however minute, those little splinters work their way into the bearing race and bearing and cause pitting or scorching. Use tool steel if you insist on punching the shit out.
Or, you can successfully use a this tool set, much cheaper than those posted and works very well. Or the slide type, here.
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Nope...believe it or not, that 14 dollar one from harbor that Cat3 posted will work just fine. The bore to bearing fit is not extremely tight.
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