Ok, so my day is not going well. The mini-truck birf that I got for my disk brak swap were running in bad birf soup, and the retaining clip broke when I took it apart. So I figured I ought to take it apart to make sure it was thoroughly cleaned and all the bits of the clip were out.
It disassembled much harder then my 80 series birf - I had to use light taps on a drift to move the center cage assembly around to get the balls out. Which should have been warning enough I guess - now I can't get the damn thing back together!
I've gotten the star back into the cage with some significant persuasion, and it's oriented the right way according to the manual (flange on star toward the thick side of the cage). But it's not free in there at all. Basically I have to stick the axle stub in there and put the cage in a vice to move it around. I tried various clockings of the star WRT to cage, thinking it might fit one way better then the other, but no change.
I got it back into the bell, but with it that stiff there's no way I can shift the star and cage around relative to each other to get the balls back in. I've tried it with and without grease on the bits - doesn't seem to matter.
Anybody ever run into this before? Suggestions?
It disassembled much harder then my 80 series birf - I had to use light taps on a drift to move the center cage assembly around to get the balls out. Which should have been warning enough I guess - now I can't get the damn thing back together!
I've gotten the star back into the cage with some significant persuasion, and it's oriented the right way according to the manual (flange on star toward the thick side of the cage). But it's not free in there at all. Basically I have to stick the axle stub in there and put the cage in a vice to move it around. I tried various clockings of the star WRT to cage, thinking it might fit one way better then the other, but no change.
I got it back into the bell, but with it that stiff there's no way I can shift the star and cage around relative to each other to get the balls back in. I've tried it with and without grease on the bits - doesn't seem to matter.
Anybody ever run into this before? Suggestions?