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tschisi:
Hi!

I have to replace the upper bearing of my lower clutch lever  :-D
This one:
http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/5120/bearingi.jpg
Unfortunately i can?t pull it out of the case.
Any ideas?

thx

barryadam:
A bearing puller, such as harbor freight tools will remove the top one.  I managed to pull mine with just some simple hand tools.  It cannot be reused after.
The lower one, had to be removed by a machine shop.

BDI:
You need a blind bearing puller, you can get one from http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result/?category=&q=blind+bearing+puller  the quality is poor but it will get the job done. I recommend the one from http://pitposse.com/blbeandbure.html although the quality is not the best in the world as far as tools go it is much better then harbor freight.

Goat:
I bought the harbor freight ones that BDI mentioned. Opened the package when I got home and closed it right back up and returned them. They aren't worth the money. Weren't even worth trying. The second link is quite a bit more money but they look a hell of a lot better quality than harbor freight ones.

I had a friend at a machine shop remove mine. I told him I didn't care how he got it out as long as my case was still usable.

NZ500:
Blind bearing pullers are definately the way to go. However if you can't afford a quality one sometimes you can get by by welding a nut (or bolt) to the inner race and using a slide hammer to get it out. Best done with TIG to avoid welding spatter.

Cheap bearing pullers (of most kinds) are false economy because they don't last very long. Sykes pickavant might be expensive but it will last you a life time if you look after it. If you rarely need it done take it into an engineering workshop to have it done (just make sure they have a blind puller so they dont waste your time/money). Should be minimum charge of 1/4 hour to get those out.

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