swingarm bearing removal

[paintslinga2010]

One of the bearings in my swingarm was so worn it peeled it out with a screwdriver and hammer. The other side still has a little meat left and I can budge the thing. Any ideas for getting whats left of this bearing out? I put the sawzall on it and it wont scratch it. Must be hardened.
Thanks

 

[lbjamm]

Bfh

 

[paintslinga2010]

Thanks

 

[lbjamm]

Bout the only way is to use a drift (punch) from the other side and a big hammer. Or you could use a slide hammer and maybe pull it out that way. Either way it'll prolly be a real biatch. Sorry, wasn't trying to be an ass earlier.

 

[paintslinga2010]

Its all good. I'm struggling to get anything at it from the opposite side. So I have been beating on it with a chisel directly from the side its on. I have yet to make much ground and I feel as if im messing up the swingarm itself. Just wondering if you guys have any tricks.

 

[lbjamm]

I'm not sure, but I think there is a lip inside the carrier that the bearing sits against, so you will have to come from the other side. Don't quote me on this.

 

[WV98YFM350]

Yea, it has to be beaten out from the opposite side. Or slide hammered from the same side.

 

[98warriorguy]

I just took mine apart a lil while ago, reall pain in the ass. spent literally hours hitting it with a long punch n a big hammer and every other trick I had. even threw the kitchen sink at it... and the spacer was ceased to the axle -_- so a night of soaking in penetrating oil and some heat and an air chisel did the job! hope everything worked out for you

 

[1statv]

Heat

 

[paintslinga2010]

I finally got it. Beat it with a chisel til I took a big enough chunk to get pressure off it. Then basically just whacked on it until it came out in a few pieces. Marred up the swingarm some but nothing a file and sandpaper cant fix. This build is coming along. Probably should start a thread soon.

 

[croyle]

I see wat I got to look forward to I just did axle bearings and notified swing arm bearings were bad

 

[rappy'97]

Good god, you're all Barbaric! Use a press! Much easier than anything else!

 

[lbjamm]

Not everybody has access to a press.

 

[rappy'97]

Can get cheap ones from HF for $75. Makes life MUCH easier and bearings last longer.

 

[paintslinga2010]

A press would have been useless in this situation. It was a question about how to remove what was left of a trashed bearing. The inside of the swingarm is not the same diameter all the way through. The only option for removal was to cut it or break away with a chisel.

 

[rappy'97]

Ok. Sorry that I don't know what I'm talking about.