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Thanks, Charlie. Should I be concerned that the carrier bearing is pretty "stiff" or tight? It is a sealed bearing; they tend to be pretty stiff in my experience.
In that situation, I make rows of small peen marks around the u-joint where it goes into the carrier bearing (to make it fit tighter) and apply Loctite 609 during assembly.
Carrier bearings are inexpensive. I'd replace it.
once you hammer on the inner race of a bearing to free it, you should never reuse it.
I am in total agreement on the damage to the bearing when pressing or whacking on the inner race (when the bearing is supported by the outer race).So-with the new ujoint/bearing fit being a press fit on the last few I did, even with freezing the ujoint, I still was uncomfortable with the force needed to install the ujoint.Comments?
Couldn't you use a press with proper tooling to fit the inner race?
Bearings have to be installed with pressure on the outer race. It's okay to remove them with pressure on the inner race but, once removed, they go in the metal recycling.My plan is to freeze the bearing and gently heat the swingarm. If pressure is required I'll figure something out. Perhaps I can turn a piece of aluminum plate to fit inside the swingarm and then apply pressure to the outside bearing race with it.Another adventure...
Can the joint be installed in the bearing and then both installed in the swingarm as a unit?