[DeTomaso] Removing Pilot Bearing - Partial Victory and Update

[Forest Goodhart]

 An oxyacetylene cutting torch will get that out in nothing flat
    On Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 01:21:33 PM PDT, Mike & Elizabeth <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Well, I was able to get the bearing puller into my pilot bearing and with the slide hammer, managed to pull the center of the bearing out, but the race is still firmly planted.  I've tried to remove the race with the puller but it keeps popping out and is scoring inside of the race and rounding the inner edge where I'm trying to get it to hold on.  There is such a narrow lip on the race on the inside, the puller just deflects enough to let go and ends up rounding the edge and scoring the inside of the barrel.

Not sure what to do at this point.  If I need to file the inner edge of the puller to give it a flat grip on the inner lip, I'll have to buy my own.  Trying to drill it out would take multiple large and I'm sure very expensive bit to drill the hardened steel as the hole is now 0.92".  I could try threading with a 18/16" tap but as said in a previous response very difficult with in the hardened steel.

In the meantime I'm continuing to flood both ends of the race with penetrating oil in hopes that will help get it free, but I'm afraid I may have used up my bearing puller chances.

Concerned in Covington:
Mike

_______________________________________________


Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA
Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes
DeTomaso mailing list
DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso

To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) use the links above.

Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive or approve the archiving of list messages.
  
-------------- next part --------------
   An oxyacetylene cutting torch will get that out in nothing flat

   On Tuesday, July 25, 2023 at 01:21:33 PM PDT, Mike & Elizabeth
   <mbefthomas2 at gmail.com> wrote:
   Well, I was able to get the bearing puller into my pilot bearing and
   with the slide hammer, managed to pull the center of the bearing out,
   but the race is still firmly planted.  I've tried to remove the race
   with the puller but it keeps popping out and is scoring inside of the
   race and rounding the inner edge where I'm trying to get it to hold
   on.  There is such a narrow lip on the race on the inside, the puller
   just deflects enough to let go and ends up rounding the edge and
   scoring the inside of the barrel.
   Not sure what to do at this point.  If I need to file the inner edge of
   the puller to give it a flat grip on the inner lip, I'll have to buy my
   own.  Trying to drill it out would take multiple large and I'm sure
   very expensive bit to drill the hardened steel as the hole is now
   0.92".  I could try threading with a 18/16" tap but as said in a
   previous response very difficult with in the hardened steel.
   In the meantime I'm continuing to flood both ends of the race with
   penetrating oil in hopes that will help get it free, but I'm afraid I
   may have used up my bearing puller chances.
   Concerned in Covington:
   Mike
   _______________________________________________
   Detomaso Email List is not managed by POCA
   Posted emails must not exceed 1.5 Megabytes
   DeTomaso mailing list
   [1]DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   [2]http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso
   To manage your subscription (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.)
   use the links above.
   Members who post to this list grant license to the list to forward any
   message posted here to all past, current, or future members of the
   list. They also grant the list owner permission to maintain an archive
   or approve the archiving of list messages.

References

   1. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   2. http://server.detomasolist.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso