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Back on the GB. Got the bearings in and camplate.

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Bearings were another pain. Heated up the case and froze the bearings. Trying to get the bearings in straight with a red hot case and freezing bearings was not easy. Also, thought i'd use some locktite bearing compound just to make sure they were in there good and tight. Well the bearing compound ended up freezing to the bearings and they were so tight to begin with the compound totally botched getting them in. So rinse and repeat. Cleaned off the bearing compound and started over. The layshaft bearing went in no problem, but the mainshaft bearing was still tight. Luckily, i had a press but still needed to get the bearing straight otherwise the press pushes it in at an angle and that won't work. Anywho, finally mission accomplished . Think if i do it again, i'll try it on a cold case with frozen bearings. The hot case seemed to heat up the bearings immediately and that might have expanded them enough to outweigh however much the case expanded with heat. And as for comments on the mainshaft bearing, i got that from CNW and asked Matt about the 2 RS bearing and he said that's what he uses, no problems. So that's what i'm going with

Now just hope i got the camplate timing right

<blockquote data-quote="TomU" data-source="post: 508423" data-attributes="member: 7984">Back on the GB.&nbsp; Got the bearings in and camplate. [ATTACH=full]20316[/ATTACH]Bearings were another pain.&nbsp; Heated up the case and froze the bearings.&nbsp; Trying to get the bearings in straight with a red hot case and freezing bearings was not easy.&nbsp; Also, thought i&#039;d use some locktite bearing compound just to make sure they were in there good and tight.&nbsp; Well the bearing compound ended up freezing to the bearings and they were so tight to begin with the compound totally botched getting them in.&nbsp; So rinse and repeat.&nbsp; Cleaned off the bearing compound and started over.&nbsp; The layshaft bearing went in no problem, but the mainshaft bearing was still tight.&nbsp; Luckily, i had a press but still needed to get the bearing straight otherwise the press pushes it in at an angle and that won&#039;t work.&nbsp; Anywho, finally mission accomplished <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.&nbsp; Think if i do it again, i&#039;ll try it on a cold case with frozen bearings.&nbsp; The hot case seemed to heat up the bearings immediately and that might have expanded them enough to outweigh however much the case expanded with heat.&nbsp;&nbsp; And as for comments on the mainshaft bearing, i got that from CNW and asked Matt about the 2 RS bearing and he said that&#039;s what he uses, no problems.&nbsp; So that&#039;s what i&#039;m going withNow just hope i got the camplate timing right <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:"&nbsp; data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TomU, post: 508423, member: 7984"] Back on the GB. Got the bearings in and camplate. [ATTACH type="full"]20316[/ATTACH] Bearings were another pain. Heated up the case and froze the bearings. Trying to get the bearings in straight with a red hot case and freezing bearings was not easy. Also, thought i'd use some locktite bearing compound just to make sure they were in there good and tight. Well the bearing compound ended up freezing to the bearings and they were so tight to begin with the compound totally botched getting them in. So rinse and repeat. Cleaned off the bearing compound and started over. The layshaft bearing went in no problem, but the mainshaft bearing was still tight. Luckily, i had a press but still needed to get the bearing straight otherwise the press pushes it in at an angle and that won't work. Anywho, finally mission accomplished :). Think if i do it again, i'll try it on a cold case with frozen bearings. The hot case seemed to heat up the bearings immediately and that might have expanded them enough to outweigh however much the case expanded with heat. And as for comments on the mainshaft bearing, i got that from CNW and asked Matt about the 2 RS bearing and he said that's what he uses, no problems. So that's what i'm going with Now just hope i got the camplate timing right :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]