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Replacing swing arm bushings/inserts. Can you help?

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Replacing swing arm bushings/inserts. Can you help?

#1 PostAuthor: toycollector10 » Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:11 am

Are there any tricks to doing it or things to be avoided?. I'm going to remove the swing arm, hold it in a vice and drive the bushes out from the opposite side using a round steel rod. Then leave the arm in the sun (I'm an optimist) and remove the bushes from the freezer and press them in using a bench vice. What could go wrong? Thanks, TC

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#2 PostAuthor: Al » Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:04 am

Not done the bushes but on the J recently (caged needle rollers and plain internal sleeves) i just used the spindle and nut and a stack of washers to pull them in straight with a little grease, cold.

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#3 PostAuthor: toycollector10 » Sat Aug 16, 2014 9:45 am

Great idea. I'm A noob. Thanks.

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#4 PostAuthor: snotie1965 » Sat Aug 16, 2014 12:03 pm

I done mine on a uni-trak , with threaded bar and cut some old bar end weights uo to the correct size , it worked a treat that was putting them in , getting them out i used extra long punch set whichi,got it from machine mart .then just keep hitting the old bearing as evenly as you can , they normally end up in little bits ! just try not to mark the s/arm to much ?


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