Tool Time, Tell Me What and Where to get it.

[Fry]

Alrighty guys and gals it finally has come to the time were I'm getting ready to strip and paint the Swing Arm and Frame. I have run into a bit of trouble though and need to know a source and name for a tool.

I was able to get the Bearing Races out of the neck without any issues, they as well as the bearings looked and felt really good so I'm re-using them.

The problem comes from the Needle Roller Bearings in the Swing Arm Pivot and Shock Mount area, I will not be touching the NB's in the Part that mounts the Shock and Dog Bones.

I've taken out a lot of bearings in my time, have quite a few assortments of Punches, Drifts, and Long Reach Screw Drivers however I still cannot get these Needle Bearings out without destroying them, even with detroying them, the outer cage still stays in place no matter what I hit it with. Heat may be used next.

Anyway I need to know a good option and source for what I believe is called a "Blind Bearing Removal Tool", does this sound right or familiar?

Thanks.

[SIKDMAX]

Make sure youre sitting down........

http://www.ccrsport.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=29_115&products_id=97

Or put that into google.... tons come up

[Fry]

I just may order it up, thats the tool I almost bought a year or so ago but declined....Second time in a year I've needed it, I might as well buy it.

Maybe Ill look for cheaper alternatives.

Thanks man.

[GeeP]

3/8" rod with a 3/8 NC thread 1" long on both ends.  Rod about 2' long.

Make a bushing from a section of suitable tubing, socket, whatever.  Poke the rod though your bearing, then install the bushing on the rod.  Run your nut and washer down to the end of the threads and cinch lightly.

To make your slide, find a piece of scrap steel that weighs a couple of pounds and drill a 7/16" hole though it.  Install that on the other end of your rod, followed by another nut and washer.

Bash away.   

Total cost:  Less than $3 in materials at a good steel supply with a little scrounging.

You'll need a die, die stock, and a small can of tapping fluid  to thread the rod.  A good die will run about $9 plus another $9 for the die stock, tapping fluid a couple bucks.  Irwin is the usual decent hardware store brand, or you can order from any number of machine shop supplies.  I prefer Victor Machinery Exchange in NY.

[GeeP]

You could also build this tool with a 5/16 or 1/4 rod, to ensure you fit though the square drive on your bushing err... socket.   

[Fry]

I have taps and dies but also have some long lengths of threaded rod already.

But as I visualize this tool will only pound the bearing inward, as with both bearings installed you wont be able to get at the backsides to push/knock them out?

Please, draw this up or something, Im a tool, no pun intended.

[ben2go]

I stripped and painted my swing arm and I didn't remove the bearings.Just covered them with a few layers of painters tape and trimmed. 

[Fry]

I thought of leaving them in, after I butchered 2 trying to get them out.

I figured I had it this far a part might as well replace a few preventative maint. items,.

But yeah, I should have taped them up, though I am still undecided about sandblasting or plan old cleaning and sanding?

[ben2go]

I thought of leaving them in, after I butchered 2 trying to get them out.

I figured I had it this far a part might as well replace a few preventative maint. items,.

But yeah, I should have taped them up, though I am still undecided about sandblasting or plan old cleaning and sanding?

Media blasting!It's a heck of a lot faster,saves your back and hands.Plus there's a few places that are nearly unreachable.

[bombadillo]

If it were me, I'd give the guy at the local machine shop a credit card to hold, and ask him if you can borrow this tool for an hour or two.  Thats what I did when I had to pull the pilot bearing out of a tranny once and thats the only tool to do it.  It made it a hundred times easier than trying to pull useless crap and making tools that don't do the job.  I'd bet harbor freight could find a cheaper one, but in reality, for the few times you'll use it, just try to borrow one from a machinist or mechanic you know.