From: Ed <at...@mw...> - 2014-11-27 17:31:04
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On 11/27/2014 10:52 AM, Marius Liebenberg wrote: > So a little bigger tap with a little bigger mallet did the job. The > front bearing fell apart and is badly worn. > Now the seat is stuck inside the headstock To take out a bearing cup I use an arc welder and run a bead of weld around the inside of the cup, let it cool down, extract with fingers or tap the housing with your mallet. It can be done by heating with an oxy-acet torch but you must be fast in, fast heat and fast out. Arc works MUCH better. > and the bearing piece is > stuck to the shaft and I have no idea how to get it out. > The bearing race on the shaft is probably best removed by carefully grinding through the race in a couple of spots and cracking it with a chisel. Ed. |