Outer Limits 4x4 Board

Just a quick question.
I started chucking in my 4.9 transfer gears this arvo and have one Q.
The kit came with all new bearings including the little tiny bearing that is inside the end of the main shaft that the front shaft sits into... I think.

How the hell do you get that little bearing out of the end of the shaft?

A proper puller has some hooks that go in and spread behing the neddle bearing grabbing it and pulling it out.

Ive pulled it out with a home made slide hammer before just find a cup head screw that fits in the bearing then push it through and hook the back of it. weld this to a slide hammer or just pput it in a vice and use the wieght of the counter shaft to pull it out

I tried the slide hammer thing.... Didnt work for me.

I ended up getting a punch and sharpening it like a chisel.
I put the chamfered edge againt the baring and the other side against the edge of the hole and hammer. I did this all the way round, the cage will break up, the rollers will come out then the outer will come away too..... eventually

It was a PITA

Thanks for the replies guys.
I will give the slide hammer with cup head bolt a go tomorow night.

U can also fill the inside of the hole with grease and get a punch that fits snug in the hole and give it a wack, should pop straight out because u are putting even pressure on the whole bearing, so it doesnt rooster over and jam.

Yeah I tried that too .... no worky for me.
This was the first think I tried. Then the bolt screwed into the baring ... I used a couch bolt, an expanding dyna bolt thingy, a UNC bolt.... This threatened to work but didn't..

I ended up chiseling mine out, took a few attempts

dont use grease use wax to get it out.

I tried the grease trick but it didnt work.
Wax? please explain?

ausyota wrote:I tried the grease trick but it didnt work.
Wax? please explain?

wax will get into the bearing surface better...heat up the bearing...drop wax onto the crack...capillary action will suck it down...

Well I got the bastard out
I ended up sharpening an old screw driver and chisseling the prick out.
Its all good now.
I have installed my 4.9s and all new bearings. Well all except one TC Seal, stupid me forgot to put the circlip on so had to pull the seal to do it and bent it getting the bugger out Lucky I work in a shop where I can get them for cost price .
Paul.

bazooked wrote:dont use grease use wax to get it out.

Some of your special hair wax hey greame!

Ho did you go pulling the old gears off ausyota.. Mine was a pita of a job. Shane and I had to load that bastard right before it would pop.

Good to hear you got the gears it, will be good to use at motomadness

Pulling gears was a piece of piss.
I bought a $199 hydraulic puller set (on sale from kinchome at the moment) from work. It is cheap chinese but works great.
Also had my old mans home made press.

Yeah Motomadness should be fun. Will hopfully be twin locked as well .