Help with pressing in the column bearings

[BenGTR]

Hi there,

my attempts to press the column bearings into the two brackets failed so far. I used a G clamp and tried washing up liquid and machine oil - as the build manual suggests. After half of the job is done, the rubber buttons won't go into the hole! Removing the powder coating of the bracket didn't help too.

Any suggestions?

[BenGTR]

My main problem is to get the two rubber buttons inside, they prefer to stay outside until they break off

[BenGTR]

I'll give that a try

[BenGTR]

@738 driver:

How would you do that without welding the chassis?

[BenGTR]

Thanks for your help, I got them now in. Quite stressful - for me and the bearings.

Until now this was the most difficult part of the build!