P.S....getting the far bearing out:
My
idea of making a 10-24 size bolt+nut+ heavy gauge steel wire into a
bearing puller failed to get the bearing out of the far, black, DEC
bearing block.? I failed with other ideas, but this worked: I used steel
wood nails, with shaft diameter about 3/16 inch, and bent the ends into
an L shape.? The end of the L was about 3/16 enough to get into the 1/4
ID of the bearing.? I jammed in 2 of these hooked nails.? The nail
heads were then held in a vice, and I was able to gently tap on the
block with a sand filled plastic mallet and knock the block off the
bearing.? Not elegant but at least it did work.??
I put some aluminum tape around the threads of a long 1/4" hex head bolt. First lap, sticky side against the thread,
then folded back for another lap sticky side out.? Jam into bearing. Put Block into vice, crescent wrench around the
far end of the bolt at the hex head ; Wack Wrench Once With Hammer = fast extraction !
?(I would never use the bearing again, but no damage to the housing )
Alex
