removing wheel bearings?

[Stubbz63]

thats whats nice about the motion pro kit, you dont use the inside lip of the bearing at all, the center sleeve could literally be hooked to the bearing and you could pull it out all at once. look into the way they work its pretty neat and super easy to do. ill be doin my cousins gix wheels in next cpl weeks here so ill find out if its harder with those. for 45 bucks you really cant beat the price for the motion pro kit

[ROWDY]

Originally Posted by Stubbz63

thats whats nice about the motion pro kit, you dont use the inside lip of the bearing at all, the center sleeve could literally be hooked to the bearing and you could pull it out all at once. look into the way they work its pretty neat and super easy to do. ill be doin my cousins gix wheels in next cpl weeks here so ill find out if its harder with those. for 45 bucks you really cant beat the price for the motion pro kit

Then how do you get the first bearing out? The GSXR wheel inside is tapered and has no room to move

[STLZACH04]

The pilot bearing puller from autozone doesnt need a lip. you put it inside the bearing, turn a screw to expand it, use the slide hammer to get it out. works great and is a free rental. Im not sure if the motion pro works the same way.

[ROWDY]

Originally Posted by STLZACH04

The pilot bearing puller from autozone doesnt need a lip. you put it inside the bearing, turn a screw to expand it, use the slide hammer to get it out. works great and is a free rental. Im not sure if the motion pro works the same way.

What does it grab on to if it doesnt need a lip?

[Stubbz63]

the motion pro kit has a collet that goes into the center of the bearing, you put it on the floor and hold the wheel on it, you use a supplied screwdriver looking piece and go from the opposite side and put it down into the slot in the collet thats already on the bearing, you just pound that in a bit and it spreads the hardened steel collet to it basically does the same idea that stlzach just mentioned when you screw out the type he has. then you stand up the wheel, give a little heat around the rim if you plan on reusing the bearing and just tap lightly with a hammer and it pushes it right out. i didnt think itd work that good when i first looked into um but the thing is sweet, no chance of any damage to the inner sleeve or anything, kit comes with 5 different sizes up to 25mm which is what kawis use. i bought an extra 28mm one for gix wheels cuz the rears bigger i guess. the extra 28 or 30mm ones are only 10 bucks, i just ordered the 28mm with the kit to save on shipping, cost me 55 total shipped

shoulda just attached this before i explained cuz its harder to explain than show lol

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/...sets__08-0269/

[ROWDY]

Originally Posted by Stubbz63

the motion pro kit has a collet that goes into the center of the bearing, you put it on the floor and hold the wheel on it, you use a supplied screwdriver looking piece and go from the opposite side and put it down into the slot in the collet thats already on the bearing, you just pound that in a bit and it spreads the hardened steel collet to it basically does the same idea that stlzach just mentioned when you screw out the type he has. then you stand up the wheel, give a little heat around the rim if you plan on reusing the bearing and just tap lightly with a hammer and it pushes it right out. i didnt think itd work that good when i first looked into um but the thing is sweet, no chance of any damage to the inner sleeve or anything, kit comes with 5 different sizes up to 25mm which is what kawis use. i bought an extra 28mm one for gix wheels cuz the rears bigger i guess. the extra 28 or 30mm ones are only 10 bucks, i just ordered the 28mm with the kit to save on shipping, cost me 55 total shipped

shoulda just attached this before i explained cuz its harder to explain than show lol

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/...sets__08-0269/

Ohhhh i see! great info Stubbz thanks

[tayto94]

would that work on the needle bearings in the swingarm?theyre the ones that always go to shit

[Stubbz63]

yeah i would think so, tho ive never had any swingarm bearing go bad so idk what your talkin about always go to shit lol.

[tayto94]

when you try to remove the needle bearings they collapse or the outer ring gets damaged. i removed all mine before getting powdercoated and i think about one or two came out ok

[STLZACH04]

When I removed my swingarm bearings, I used two sockets and a vice. One socket bigger than the swingarm bearing hole,and one socket that will fit inside and touch the bearing. Simply tighten the table vice to "press" it out. One side of the f4i swing arm has a snap ring so pay attention for that. The bearing remover tool doesnt work too good for swingarms, but this method worked really good.