Mobile Engineer Needed

[ukkid35]

I need someone to remove the remains of an imploded pilot bearing for me. I am based in West London near the Ace Cafe.



History is in this thread

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Any suggestions gratefully received

[portzi]

Google it and when you find one tell him your predicament and see what one of them can do, l have never used one so cannot speak from experience?

[Steve_D]

I'm not near enough to help but can offer a suggestion for you to get it out yourself.

Find or make a rod that is a reasonably tight fit in the remains. You may find the drive end of a 3/8 drive socket extension to be a fit.

Pack the hole with as thick a grease as you can find then using the punch you have found/created and a heavy hammer drive the punch into the bearing remains. Small taps will not work it has to be a resounding clout.
All being well the hydraulic effect will drive the bearing out.

Don't laugh but I have also heard of banana being used in place of the grease.

Steve

[Cerberus90]

Steve_D said:

I'm not near enough to help but can offer a suggestion for you to get it out yourself.

Find or make a rod that is a reasonably tight fit in the remains. You may find the drive end of a 3/8 drive socket extension to be a fit.

Pack the hole with as thick a grease as you can find then using the punch you have found/created and a heavy hammer drive the punch into the bearing remains. Small taps will not work it has to be a resounding clout.
All being well the hydraulic effect will drive the bearing out.

Don't laugh but I have also heard of banana being used in place of the grease.

Steve

Anything that's not very compressible and reasonably gloopy would work I'd imagine. This is how our local specialist told us he removed stubborn ones.