[sensei1100]

Hello all,

I have a 90 Honda Fourtrax 300 FW that i was given, it needs tlc. The steering shaft bearing is toast. I have removed the steering shaft, and circlip but the outer bearing race is stuck. The manual says to remove it from the top, not much room or a straight shot at it due to the front diff. Any tips on removing it? The only thing i can think of is making a relief cut with a dremel then trying to pound it out with a punch. Or trying to press it out with a ball joint press?

Any ideas would be appreciated!

 

[fishfiles]

did you take out the snap ring , I have done that job before and think there is one in there

 

[retro]

Those are difficult to drive out from the bottom with the diff still in it. Got a 3 ft length of all-thread rod you can use for a crude slide hammer?? Stack a couple large washers then a nut under the bearing, slide something heavy (a pipe coupler works) over the top end of the rod, stack washers then a nut and slide hammer the old bearing out.

 

[sensei1100]

@fish files I did remove the snap ring. I was able to remove the outer bearing race with an air chisel. I ground down a pointed bit flat and used it switching from side to side working the race out. Worked really well, a few marks left by the chisel slipping but it will clean up with some sand paper.


Thanks.

 

[fishfiles]

A Dremel with a sanding drum is a good tool to clean the bearing bores with , the new style heavy duty drum sander paper and grinding wheels by Dremel that say they last longer are not lying , they really do last longer

 

[shadetree]

once the race is all that is in there ?, it's a pounding job from there on out. has to be hammered out from the bottom up, ya can't go down, as there is a stopping ring down in the hole, part of the frame. retro gives good advice ^^..IF THE WHOLE BEARING IS THERE ?..if only the race is left down in there ?, its a beating game like you did. i've done many of them. it's best to service these bearings when the front differential is already out of the frame. makes it a lot easier to reach from underneath to hammer up, but not everyone wants to remove the front diff in order to do this job ?!..lol.

 

[shadetree]

@fish files I did remove the snap ring. I was able to remove the outer bearing race with an air chisel. I ground down a pointed bit flat and used it switching from side to side working the race out. Worked really well, a few marks left by the chisel slipping but it will clean up with some sand paper.


Thanks.

done many of them the way you did it. make sure to re-pack the new bearing with plenty of grease before you hammer it down in the hole !. don't forget the lower and upper dust seals !.