[ballender817]

How do you remove the old bearings on the left side of the axle tube/swingarm assembly?

 

[SamUK]

Cut them with a Dremel or run a weld bead around the race and tap it free with a punch/chisel and hammer

 

[Rocketman5144]

There is also a wire snap ring in there. Can't tell from your picture if you have that out or not. You have to remove that or you'll never get the bearing out. First on I did I missed the snap ring at first because of all the rust and grit.

 

[ballender817]

Yes got the snap ring. I think I’m going to buy a three Joe bearing puller tool from Harbor freight and try and yank it out that way. If that fails I guess I’ll start cutting into the race with a Dremel

 

[SamUK]

Yes got the snap ring. I think I’m going to buy a three Joe bearing puller tool from Harbor freight and try and yank it out that way. If that fails I guess I’ll start cutting into the race with a Dremel

Have you tried heating the axle tube with a torch, then tap the race with a punch or chisel?

Sometimes grinding a point onto an Allen key (hex key) will be better than a punch as it's harder steel and may cut into the race easier.

 

[ballender817]

I ended up cutting them with a Dremel. My eyesight is not the greatest so I ended up slicing into the axle tube a little bit but did not go through or anything. Just going to pack the new bearings in there and send it

 

[shadetree]

I just gotta ask ! ( after reading some of these replies..lol ) why didn't ya just take a long bar of some sort, stab it in the diff from the right side, and hammer the bearing out that way ?.