Removing swingarm bearings - helpful hint

[chicagojerry]

my point of my earlier post was to let everyone know that it is now available in the US. it was not until very recently. i'll try it on another set of swingarm bearings in the near future.  see ya in daytona in a couple of weeks!
[8D]  chi jer

[454MRW]

ChicagoJerry,
Where did you wind up ordering your Freeze & Release from? I haven't located any places locally that handle Loctite products directly and can order it, and haven't been able to find a US website that handles it to order. I have a 76 MC5 parts frame with a swingarm that might be usuable if I can at least get the bolt loose. I would like to try this before resorting to cutting it out of the frame. Mike

Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S

[chicagojerry]

i'm going to pick it up this afternoon at my local bearing/industrial supply house. i'll post the part # later.
jerry

[BrianTaylor]

The Loctite part number is 996456...... it is a new product and some distributors dont know about it yet .....BT

Brian Taylor

[Mike Lenz]

Ok, I have to do this fun job.  What I dont understand is how I "pull" the first bearing when they are both still in there and I cant get anything behind the bearing cage to pull on it? Maybe I dont understand what was meant by a bolt puller.
Help!

[454MRW]

The best luck I had removing the swingarm bearing collars was to knock the rusty needle bearings out of their respective cages and then to carefully cut a groove across the remaining cage with my die grinder, then it is easy to curl the cage in with a small chisel and remove it with needle nose pliers. Mike

Michael R. Winter
I enjoy rebuilding and appreciating Pentons!
1974 250 HS Pentons-1980 KTM 175-400'S
1975 Can Am 175 TNT & 77 250 Black Widow
1979 Husqvarna OR390
1976-78 RM & 77-79 PE Suzuki's
1974 CR250M 07 CR125R 79 CR250R

[Bob Bean]

Ditto Mike,
That is how we did it for years at our shop.

Bob

1986 ISDE Italy
1987 ISDE Poland
1989 ISDE Germany

[chicagojerry]

i concur. over the years i have learned that trying to extract the bearings intact is an exercise in futility. its a pain in the a#@ no matter how you look at it. mike winters description is spot on.
chi jer

[Mike Lenz]

Thanks guys.  I only thought of cutting the bearing and couldnt figure out how to get the cutting wheel in there.  One of you said "grinding" and the light came on.  A small carbide grinding bit and I had those suckers out in 15 min. Thanks!