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Stem Races

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This time of year a lot of riders are doing rebuilds and upgrades. If your doing your stem bearings and have a mig welder you can use, i can save you hours with a die grinder.
-With your races in the frame run a light bead all the way around the middle of the bearing race, let cool and it will fall out. Repeat on the bottom race and done! Just a helpful trick I've learned.
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Looks like Bed Stress :grin:

Nice trick.
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Post by Mr. Wibbens »

Never had any trouble getting them out with a drift :wink:
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I did that on KX 65 wheel bearings that the center broke out of. Couldn't get a drift on them. Welded them and they came right out.
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Post by dfeckel »

This is great info. I have an H motor that I want to rebuild this winter, but I've been delaying the start because I wasn't sure how to remove the outer race of the lunched countershaft bearing. I considered cutting notches so I could get a drift onto it and hit it from the other side, but this gives me a semi legitimate reason to buy a welder :)

This also would have made replacing my last set of stem bearings in my Husky easier, too. I had a heck of a time getting the top race out--there was only the tiniest lip of the race to get on with a thin screwdriver (which is now ruined, but the way). Probably took me the better part of an hour of pounding to get that thing free.
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Post by gsa102 »

Just be aware that MIG welders using flux-core wire tend to leave more spatter around where you are welding. The flux allows it to stick much more readily (to steel) than when using a shield gas welder.
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