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Old 12-17-2014, 02:33 PM
Gerald Gerald is offline
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Originally Posted by Lake Chuck Duck View Post
Heat it with a torch then punch it off.
After using my neighbor's small torch several times over the past couple years, I bought one for myself. Before heating the bearing, I filed the very end of the shaft to be sure it was not "mushroomed" from the hitting I did to the end of the shaft a few days back.

I got that bearing almost red hot, but gentling tapping on it did not get it to budge.

wed68 said:
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Maybe a small puller ...... You may have to build one
This is what I did. It worked like a charm..... but took quite a bit of force to get the bearing off with no heat on it.

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