Hi All , Anyone got any handy hints on removing the fixed bearing track for the gear cluster ( xmas tree ), I have got the machined bar from MB to use the technique quoted in the bible but am curious if any more ways exist.
Thanks in advance
Andy
Gear cluster needle bearng fixed tack removal.
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only other way is an innocenti tool
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Get the casing real hot, so it boils spit, big blob of grease on the end of a screw driver (so you dont burn your fingers) and pop it inside, had mine out with three belts on the tool and it had been here 20 years at least
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Weld a piece of bar to it with a small hole in the middle so you can either put a self tapper/nut and bolt through the centre, warm the casing up and pull the bearing track out using a small slide hammer .
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I used to sell tools for this specific job when I was doing tools a number of years ago. What you need is to machine a bit of roundbar (any metal will do) that is fractionally smaller than the diameter of the brearing track (doesn't need to be a push fit but it doesn't want much play) and at this reduced diameter for at least twice as long as the track is deep. Then you simply heat the casing (gentle heating with a low temp gas torch or similar), half pack the recess with grease, then push the roundbar into track and use a mallet to tap it home. This should cause the grease to push under the track and push it back up the roundbar and out of the casing.
If you get the right diameter drift machined then this is an extremely easy job to do!
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If you get the right diameter drift machined then this is an extremely easy job to do!
Adam
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Hi again, Thanks for all the advice, got round to trying the machined bar from MB that I bought ages ago, used my trusty blow torch a blob of grease and like has been mentioned about three blows with the hammer of Thor & out it popped, Hoorrah !!! Fitted the new one, just gotta make sure it goes in nice n square. Job done. Seemed to be an original track so will have been in there for a while. Ya never know if some o these jobs will go as well as the book makes it sound but this time it was a doddle, as I said before thanks all for the info supplied.
Andy
Andy
