How do I get the swing arm bearings out

**VenomRS4** · 10-25-2007, 04:09 PM

How do you get these ($^(*#^(^ bearings out? I cannot get them out for the life of me.

**Nightbiker07** · 10-25-2007, 04:14 PM

get a REALLY big

.....beat the shat outta it till they pop out........

**jeffatc250r** · 10-25-2007, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Nightbiker07

get a REALLY big

.....beat the shat outta it till they pop out........

Dont do that, your asking for trouble. Heat the housing with a torch, they will fall out.

**badasskfx** · 10-25-2007, 06:58 PM

even if you do beat the hell out of them nothing is going too happen. the outer cage for the bearing is very thing.

**VenomRS4** · 10-25-2007, 07:02 PM

It took a lo of finesse, but they came out. We used a blow torch and penetrating oil combined with a bit of banging and prying.

**motoman110** · 10-25-2007, 07:28 PM

bearing puller, and heat!

**topoortorideon4** · 10-25-2007, 08:59 PM

keep pounding my friend!

**topoortorideon4** · 10-25-2007, 09:03 PM

Originally Posted by jeffatc250r

Dont do that, your asking for trouble. Heat the housing with a torch, they will fall out.

I tried a torch... they didnt fall shat.

**jeffatc250r** · 10-26-2007, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by topoortorideon4

I tried a torch... they didnt fall shat.

Then your torch sucks

I wasnt talking about a propane torch

**RideRed250R** · 10-26-2007, 12:56 AM

i had to press my stockers out... 2000 pounds lol, SWEAR U NOT

**NOS_350X** · 10-26-2007, 04:21 AM

Use your heads you guys. Its hard to get a swinger in a press and get good pressure on the berring, Too much heat can realy make you end up taking back steps. Just get a die grinder or dremmel and cut it out, Takes a little more time but you wont screw anything up.

**breastman569** · 10-26-2007, 02:31 PM

or take a socket that is just a shade smaller than the bearing housing put a bolt through the hole with a bigger socket on the other end for bearing to fall through and a nut on the bolt and pull the sucker out. once you get one out grind down the old bearing just enough so that it wound get suck back in the swingarm and you know have a bearing push-er-outer tool for the other side. oh get some fender washers too.

**Red Rider** · 10-26-2007, 09:55 PM

Originally Posted by Nightbiker07

get a REALLY big

.....beat the shat outta it till they pop out........

Originally Posted by jeffatc250r

Dont do that, your asking for trouble. Heat the housing with a torch, they will fall out.

Originally Posted by VenomRS4

It took a lo of finesse, but they came out. We used a blow torch and penetrating oil combined with a bit of banging and prying.

I hope you rookies don't install the new bearings with the same removal methods!

**jeffatc250r** · 10-26-2007, 11:03 PM

May i ask whats so wrong about using heat? And please dont reply with "it makes it brittle"

**thefox** · 10-26-2007, 11:08 PM

I had a friend tack weld a nut to the bearing race then I threaded a rod into the nut through the swinger and tapped the bearing races out, worked great and didn't hurt the swinger at all. I had him practice on the stocker before doing it on the westcoast....

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