orion install help (1 Viewer)

[missipboy]

the little needle bearing on the front output shaft-i can't get it out and i've boogered it up trying. anybody have a good method to get this out?????

http://www.sor.com/sor/cat070.tam?xax=26595&page.ctx=cat070.tam

it's part #37 in this schematic

 

[treerootCO]

Cut it, fold it in half, and pull. Dremel makes a few small tools that will fit in there. I used a small punch and a hammer to get under one side of it. As soon as you can peel one side up, it should pull right out.

 

[missipboy]

yeah, that sounds good, but i'm having trouble getting under it-it keeps breaking off instead of bending.

 

[CruisinGA]

I bent it in on two sides and used a pair of pliers to work it out.

Next time I do a case, if the bearing is not in rough shape I think I will leave it...

 

[Pin_Head]

yeah, that sounds good, but i'm having trouble getting under it-it keeps breaking off instead of bending.

I had the same problem with it breaking or chipping. I ended up grinding the race carefully with a carbide burr until it split and fell out.

 

[treerootCO]

crap...I forgot to mention the most important part. Calm down, do you best not the throw it...lay it down slowly. Take a break, maybe grap lunch, and then try to get that bearing out.

 

[missipboy]

that's just what i did. got it out with a dremel flathead and a hammer.

thanks all.