help taking out broken swingarm bearing!!

[camaroguy72]

Swingarm bearing broke during removal for powdercoating. i cant seem to get it out. any ideas? anyone got a puller that could get this somehow or any idea of cuttin this out? its tearing my dremel bits up haha. hardended steel i assume. let me know..

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[Spudley]

Have you tried Tungsten Carbide dremel bits ?.  Nothing like TC bits at 20,000+ rpms......butter baby...butter !!!  "Even" on hardened steel.........


OOOPS !!! Almost forgot, keep a steady hand, or you'll really grab a lot of metal all at once......they're pretty spiffy bits though.....steady hand !!!

 

[TIMMYDUCK]

You get that bearing out yet ?

 

[camaroguy72]

You get that bearing out yet ?

not yet. u want to give it a shot?

 

[JINKSTER]

1. Check the manual to make sure there are no retaining rings you need to remove first....then?...

2. With the swingarm properly set up and supported...Use a drift/driver and a suitable weight mallet and drive them out.

3. If you don't make any headway in #2. above?...use heat...yes...a propane torch...to heat the outter housing and crush/shatter/loosen up the loctite film between the bearing and it's housing...let cool then attempt to drive the bearing out again...then repeat this process as necessary.*


If that's powdercoat i'm looking at in the pic you posted...you may want to explore the services of a machine shop...as using heat in #3 above will most definantly bubble/destroy it.

or?...there may just be some snazzy way of popping them out that we both overlooked.

L8R, Bill.