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Next project for my Commando is layshaft bearing replacement - just as a precaution, as no bad symptoms yet. And for all I know, the PO may have done the job already, but unless I check, I'll never know - and if I'm going in there, I'm darned well putting in a new one.
I've got to research the job a bit more, to be sure, but a couple of very preliminary questions:
- Does the primary HAVE to come off? Just been there, done that (to replace sprockets/chain and alternator/rotor), and would sure like to avoid doing it again so soon....
- Does the gearbox HAVE to come off - I am hoping I can use a blind-hole bearing puller and avoid taking the gearbox off. I'll freeze the bearing to shrink it a bit and drift it in, carefully, with an appropriate socket.
Such is the hope, anyway. Thanks folks - B
I've got to research the job a bit more, to be sure, but a couple of very preliminary questions:
- Does the primary HAVE to come off? Just been there, done that (to replace sprockets/chain and alternator/rotor), and would sure like to avoid doing it again so soon....
- Does the gearbox HAVE to come off - I am hoping I can use a blind-hole bearing puller and avoid taking the gearbox off. I'll freeze the bearing to shrink it a bit and drift it in, carefully, with an appropriate socket.
Such is the hope, anyway. Thanks folks - B