vwbrian - 5-6-2016 at 09:39 AM
the inner race is stuck in the head tube and there is a metal spacer keeping me from getting under the lip of the race. Any ideas on how to remove?
bigkid - 5-6-2016 at 10:24 AM
Contact Jellis, or use a sawsall and insert the blade all the way through the middle and make a cut as much as needed to cut the outer race of the
bearing.
A torch and a cold chisel if nothing else.
rtz - 5-6-2016 at 12:06 PM
Put a punch in there and drive the spacer tube over some. Then drive out the bearing from the opposite side. I wouldn't reuse them once removed.
bigkid - 5-6-2016 at 12:54 PM
It's a hardcore, it won't punch out. I used a torch to melt it out and then cut a groove in the center to allow a sharp punch to drive out the
opposite side when the second set needs to be replaced.
I also added a zert fitting to grease the new bearings, they are still good.
rtz - 5-6-2016 at 05:17 PM
I'd like to see a picture of this setup. Sounds like some sort of bearing puller is needed?
bigkid - 5-6-2016 at 07:05 PM
The part was custom made by the previous dealer. That part is no longer produced. The problem is the center sleeve is a greater thickness down the
outside race of the bearings. So the inside raise and bearings, rollers, can be removed but not the outside race. So a bearing puller will not work.
The only solution is to modify the inside sleeve.
Chook - 6-6-2016 at 03:59 AM
If the inner race and its ball bearings are already removed it's a very simple fix.
Take a welder and run a bead around the face inside of the bearing where the balls/rollers run and when it's cool it will simply fall out of it's
housing.
The weld will shrink the bearing enough to be a very loose fit.
Even bearings that cant be dismantled can be shrunk out by removing the seal and just blazing away through all the crud with a welder.
WELDNGOD - 6-6-2016 at 01:45 PM
I don't know about small bearings, but if you do that to a large bearing it will explode like a grenade. We have to carbon gouge them in two , quickly
before they shatter. Reason.... They expand first before shrinking and they are hardened so they don't flex, they shatter explosively. You have been
warned.
bigkid - 6-6-2016 at 04:01 PM
WG- 
Besides, everyone has a welder in the garage, right?