Scootertrash
06-15-2014, 08:58 AM
Backstory: I got this 85 250ES last fall to use for dimensions and test fitting of one of my ski kits. The front axle was rusted into the hub solid. I was able to get the wheel off of the machine, but getting the hub off of the axle was a bear. I ended up with one inner bearing race and the collar/bearing spacer locked onto the axle tighter that a nuns..... Well, the wife was restructured out of her job, so my focus switched to making up the difference in income by working my gonads off till she can find something else. The axle has been in the freezer since about December :I So I got a little break this weekend and focused on some projects that had been collecting dust and grabbed the axle out of the freezer. Here's what transpired.....
This axle had never been off this machine since new.
I mounted the front axle in the vise and used a 4 inch grinder to cut 2 grooves into the collar approx 180 degrees apart
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I then clamped the axle vertically in the vise and drove a chisel into the slots I cut to break the collar halves free of the axle
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One half came of fairly easily, the other half need a little more persuasion
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I used a dremel to cut a little deeper on the bearing race, then used a chisel to split the race. Interestingly, the axle spacer just required heating and broke loose nicely, so I was able to salvage the spacer along with the axle.:beer:Bounce:beer:Bounce
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This axle had never been off this machine since new.
I mounted the front axle in the vise and used a 4 inch grinder to cut 2 grooves into the collar approx 180 degrees apart
195463
I then clamped the axle vertically in the vise and drove a chisel into the slots I cut to break the collar halves free of the axle
195464
One half came of fairly easily, the other half need a little more persuasion
195465
I used a dremel to cut a little deeper on the bearing race, then used a chisel to split the race. Interestingly, the axle spacer just required heating and broke loose nicely, so I was able to salvage the spacer along with the axle.:beer:Bounce:beer:Bounce
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