Good morning!!!!

[Rich B1]

Good morning! 64 now, it has rained earlier. High is supposed to be 72. Likely more rain later.

We decided to do more storm clean up recently. Been busy clearing more trees that are down. 5 more over the past couple of days, some widowmakers down as well. Had 3 widowmakers that slipped to a point I could get the choker and a long chain on them. The NH in 4WD pulled them down.

The small saw killed another coil. Wife went and bought another saw. Same model. I replaced the coil in the old saw yesterday and found something odd. One of the bosses to mount the coil wasn’t tapped deep enough. The screw would get tight, but the coil was not actually tight. I didn’t have a 5mm metric tap that was that coarse, so a 5mm lock washer became a spacer. See if that was the smoking gun.

Not motocross Drew….flat track. I was the right age to get hooked by the MX craze that swept the US, but it did nothing for me. Flat track thrilled me the first time I ever saw it. Still does. Not riding these days, helping a decent young rider. I have become fascinated by the suspension/chassis side of the sport. But….I “might” come out of retirement to ride a specific Bultaco that got me involved in wrenching in the sport at Salem, which was it’s last races many years ago. And I need a ride on the raffle Kawasaki. I have put a lot into making this a decent bike.

Not sure what today will bring other than a trip to HF. They have the 5k lumen LED work lights on sale. Gonna replace some fluorescent fixtures in the garage

Everyone stay safe out there

 

[RoyJackson]

We've talked about this before but I'm old fashioned, think there should be a lid on noise on Sunday morning. I seem to be in the minority .

I agree...

 

[RoyJackson]

A beautiful song with an interesting background

Turn! Turn! Turn! - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Never a big fan of Judy Collins...but what beautiful eyes!!

I am a fan of the late Pete Seeger...just never cared for his politics

Seems to be drying up a bit...still pretty overcast...

 

[pennwalk]

"I'm old fashioned, think there should be a lid on noise on Sunday morning"

Me too but it doesn't seem to be a majority opinion in my neighborhood.

Chris

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

Good morning to all! Low of 52°, only 55° at 09:00. High is only supposed to hit 76°. Good chance of rain / storms today.

Thanks for the input on getting the bearing out. Unfortunately, the grease trick won't work..... there is a 3/8" oil channel off to the bottom side of the cup.
RNG, I have that bearing puller set. Unfortunately there is only an 1/8" of space under the bearing race, so no way to get the "cross arm" behind the bearing.
M7040, I have similar pullers, the type that screw down in the center won't work because the center pressure screw just punches out the back of the aluminum case.

I'll go out and take a pic.... It will explain the predicament.

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

OK, here's a pic of the bearing/ case.

The red arrow is the oil passage that feeds under the bearing.
The blue arrow is the very small space under the race.

Can't push against the center of the cup... this is a pic of the backside, it's only about an 1/8" thick aluminum.


Any other ideas? .....


Just throwing in a pic of the mess.....

 

[LouNY]

The best way I have seen work is the heavy grease method,
pack it full of grease after finding a wooden dowel that just barely fits in the bearing.
With the bearing filled with grease sharp raps on the dowel with a hammer will usually hydraulically push the bearing up and out.
Also once it's partly up then the expanding jaw pullers will also work.

 

[m7040]

LS, what I would do is make up a rod and weld on or forge a hook that can go under the race and then use an old hammer head to slide on it and weld a big nut on the end to hammer against. Also heating the case with a torch will lose the fit due to differential expansion

 

[kenmbz]

Morning all, rain here.

Rip - sorry to hear about injury

9/11 is always a sad day for me. I lost a number of friends and the building I worked in (7WTC).
I work in 3WTC now, and hardly ever go in, the entrance has the memorial right across the street.

Off to fix the washing machine, again, new board is in.

Son's band playing at a local club later.

Off to London tomorrow, so I'll be quiet for the week.

 

[m7040]

You can also on the bench grinder modify the end of the rod to create a lip that goes under the race and then bend the other end to hammer against

Have used this before successfully