Driving bearings out tends to warp the races slightly, just enough to keep them from working properly.
Besides, new bearings have seals, better grease, and thirty years of metallurgy refinement. On Feb 25, 2017 11:29, "Dwayne Wells" <[email protected]> wrote: > I suspect the bearings are as old as the bike. I managed to pound them > out. Oddly, I didn't have a sensible tool to do it. Tried a screwdriver and > a chisel. I ended up using an old ratchet handle. The end was pretty flat > and because it was round, I think it bit the edge of the bearing better. > When I got them out, they had no visible damage at all! Not going to reuse > them though anyway 👍 > > -- > Krunch > Sent from my iPhone 6S > > On Feb 24, 2017, at 6:29 PM, Jim Bolen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Are the bearings old? Mine were old, so I pounded them (hammer and a piece > of wood) out and just put new ones in. Nice, cheap piece of mind. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
