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Help with crankcase bearing removal

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Hi guys. Today i was cleaning my engine and i notice the bearing on the frot of the crankcase was toast. Now i can't figure how how to remove the bearing?
Any ideas on how to remove the bearing without messing up the crankcase?
 
The front bearing should be easy. I don't know the size of your bearing but what worked for me was this... I put a AAA battery through the block so that it rested on the backside of the bearing.. It was just wide enough. then I just pounded it out. with a hammer, or whatever you happend to have handy :)

I recently asked the exact same question and a couple people said that you can put it in the oven and that will help it to come out easier. However, I still needed a way to push it out and the AAA battery did the trick. I didn't even need to bake the engine.

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in response to above post.. I didn't realize that it would simply "fall out" :shrug: Give it a try I say

and no it won't damage the case. just remember not to pick it up with your bare hand
 
ye thats a good idea but only the outside of the bearing is left and u can't see it from the other side:(
 
that's fine..when you push on the inner ring the energy will be transmitted to the outter ring via the ball bearings. The whole thing will come out together.
 
lol i would if i could but only the outer ring is left in there the inner one and all the ball bearings fell out. so only the outer ring is there now
 
Wow! That's bearing had to be in pretty bad shape. Man, now I feel bad. Is there a lip or anything at all that you can pry on? Maybe if you heat it up you can pry or pull that badboy outta there
 
Nope :( lol i hope it falls out when i heat it or I'm screwed. n i don't really want to have to buy a new crank case bc the bearing is already costing my $34

k so i heated up my crank for 30 min in the oven and the outer ring is still stuck in there good any other ideas on how to get it out?
 
Any type of inner bearing puller??

Is there a such thing as an inner bearing puller that might work to get the outer ring that is left in my crankcase out??
 
if bearing race is stuck hard it will be very difficult to remove without damaging your case. If you have access to a dremel, you may be able to carefully grind away two points of the race that will allow you carefully pick one section of it out and the remaing piece should then collapse enough to come out with ease.

A more feasable method will have you back in the oven. High temps on a totally stripped case will not effect it. the 300 range on an operating motor is because of the piston expanding against the cylinder wall increasing wear.


So, try this. find a metal tool, socket wrench handle, drift or punch or something that will fit against the bearing race without contacting the case itself. It needs to be metal and preferably a heavier tool for greater temp absorption. Once you find the tool that fits nicely, throw it in the freezer.
Preheat your oven for 20 minutes. set your case in and allow it to come up to temp. While it's heating, have gloves ready, a cutting board or something to tap your case on without banging up the counter or damaging your case.

When ready, pull the frozen tool out of the freezer, then the case out of the oven, touch the cold tool briefly to the bearing to cause it to cool and contract faster than the case...ONLY BRIEFLY, then tap case on cutting board and hopefully leave the bearing race on the board.
Holding tool to bearing too long will cool case as well. Likewise, waiting too long from taking the heat from the bearing will give time for it to transfer back from case and heat again before tapping the bearing out.

It sounds like a big pain, but it's easier than making sense out of reading this. Hardest part is finding something that will contact the whole bearing neatly to cool it.
 
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