How do I remove the front wheel bearings on my 250SX?

[Dirtcrasher]

You guys get friendly with your parts/service dealer??

Around here it's almost as if they act like there doing us a favor looking stuff up.............

[C Kerley]

dirtcrasher, any chance you could put up a picture of what you're meaning by putting an "angle" on the bar stock....I'm like you, I hate to take it somewhere, but I'm not making ANY headway on this thing after many hours.

The biggest problem I don't understand is that shaft that runs through the center of the hub (between the two bearings). It won't get out of my way enough to knock the opposite bearing out. It's loose, it just doesn't have enough play to allow me to grab the bearing.

[tri again]

Not sure if this applies, but my last swing arm bearings....
it's almost like they machined the inset for the bearing race
into the arm from the outside so there was really no place to grab
or smack from the back.

I got a cheap quarter sized grinding wheel and cleaned out just behind the race
and was able to get a bite with a supersharp non flexible piece of
tool steel, like a good drift, from the opposite side.

If you can imagine the odd angle, and try to match it,
the first pop is the one you want to be a clean
hit, sharp pop, with a that won't try to bounce.

Surely more suggestions will come along.

[C Kerley]

Well I took my Big Red wheel to my local bike guy and he pounded it out. I see what you're talking about now dirtcrasher, but I'd still like to see what angle your grinding on the steel bar. He basically pounded on the spacer in the wheel to get it to move a little then just drove it right out. Now to clean it up so that doesn't happen again.

I'm still gonna get me a bar to do it myself next time though!

[Dirtcrasher]

^ Instead of the end being a 90, I may make it a 70 or 80 so it has a raised side when you look at it. I aim that raised side angled toward the bearing, apply pressure and give it a whack. If it slips, that angle rounds off and I grind it again. Your trying to find the teenie tiny roundness of the back of the bearing. Of course the rod cannot be 14MM or the exact axle size, it has to be smaller in order to angle it within the tube. Worst I've had to do is get it set up and then jam something in the opposing side so that angle HAS to contact the bearing and allows me to whack it just to move it a hair. Then its all easy from there.........

As far as picking your battles, wait for the swingarm bearings for that one J/K but some of those can be very tough.......