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[nicklouse]

Just clean out the insides so you can see what you are doing and drift them out.

[MiniTim71]

This looks like a very simple way to do it.

I am planning a total front suspension rebuild and have bought some M7 x 22mm washers to see if this works ....

 

 

Just an update, I did use this method and it worked a treat.  To drift them out I used an old/worn upper arm shaft with the smaller diameter threaded end cut off at one end.  Was very easy. 

[Spider]

Bought a set to see if they where as good as people said and they didnt do squat! That one looks like the proper tool vipernoir!

 

Long long ago, I bought 2 Sykes Collet Puller Adaptors. They normally come in a Kit, with about 5 Adaptors and a Slide Hammer and as a Kit, they were at that time, well out of my price league, so I just bought the 2 adaptors, which were very fairly priced. I also don't like the idea of using an Impact type Tool for doing these jobs for a variety of reasons, so I fitted some metric Allthread rod, a piece of Pipe, a heavy washer and a decent nut and I was in business with them.

 

As I say, I bought these long ago (almost 40 years now) and they have had a LOT of use in that time. While looking used, they haven't let me down and haven't failed to pull a bearing - yet. Between these 2 Collets, I can do all the difficult Needle on Roller Bearings - the Front Arms, the Rear Arms, the Idler Gear Bearings, all with the smaller one and the 1st Motion Shaft Outrigger Bearing with the larger one.

 

I'll add here that often the bearings in the Arms, need a good 'crack' to get them started and too be honest, with them, I wonder if they'd budge by punching them from behind or if the Casing would break first ? I would also think it would be quite difficult to remove the Bearing from a Trailing Arm with a Punch and probably unlikely to get the Bush out this way. Clearly, the punch method works for most people here who have done it (though I express some caution to use a soft punch). I've not done the Washer Method - only because when I've needed to do these jobs prior to having these tools, I never had a suitable washer to hand to work from - but I can see that would likely work as well as the Collets do. While getting a bit off topic, where it came to the Bearings in the Transfer Housing, being in blind holes, I tried many ways to remove these without Collet Pullers and the only way I found to do them without damaging the Housing was to grind 2 slots in the bearings with a Dremal, being careful not to break through in to the Housing, then they just about fall out. It was very time consuming and after going through a few stones, I could see it was an expensive removal method.

 

I gotta say, from my own experience with these 2 tools, they have been one of the best investments I ever made and really, not for a lot of money at all.

 

[kjwithers]

This looks like a very simple way to do it.
I am planning a total front suspension rebuild and have bought some M7 x 22mm washers to see if this works ....

Just an update, I did use this method and it worked a treat. To drift them out I used an old/worn upper arm shaft with the smaller diameter threaded end cut off at one end. Was very easy.

I just exactly this tonight worked a treat, cut down a washer and chopped the end of the old shaft. Little fiddly getting the washer into place but gave it a few smacks and out popped the bearings! Magic!

Edited by kjwithers, 01 September 2021 - 09:01 PM.