swingarm bearings

[quadguy80]

how do i get them out and back in?

 

[xjma]

Get them out with a punch and a hammer. Put them back in with a socket, tapping them in lightly and evenly so that they don't get messed up!

 

['blanshee'man]

mine where completly shot when i changed mine so they fell out. but you could probably pound them out. to get mine in i grabbed two peices of wood like a 2x4 and a c-clamp. I started the bearing and the bushing, then i put the wood on each side then tightend the clamp down on it then repeat. they went fairly easy that way for me. hope it helps

 

[quadguy80]

i know theres the bushing in there. i tap the bushing and bearing towards the outside right?

 

['blanshee'man]

tap them to opening closest to them, dont push them further in

 

[mr_3_0_5]

i used a pvc pipe and sledge hammer..lol
stick the pipe through the first bearing and hit the other bearing out from the back then go the the other side on hit that side out..

 

[xjma]

Eh....I think, if I remember correctly, that the spacers can fall right out the hole in the center...I believe. Then you pound the bearing cages from the center, outwards.

 

[battbike]

^^^^exactly^^^^

 

[xjma]

Yeah....my memory does work!! The spacers come out in the middle gap part.

Use either a long punch, or actually a drift...just a long cylindrical piece of metal, ideally brass so it doesn't mess up bearings or the surfaces where bearings sit. You could use a piece of metal conduit or a small pipe or something that fits inside the swinger pivot....but put it in from one side, get it on the inside lip of the bearing on the oposite side and pound it outwards. Don't pound it out with the drift/punch/pipe in the same spot, once it budges a bit, move it 180 and hit again. Repeat until it pops out, then do the other side.

 

[quam]

i'd sweat the new ones in. 10x easier and safer than pounding em in.