Top suspension arm ,bearing removal

[HairyDave]

Somebody must know ,how do you get the old bearing out of the top (mini) suspension arm?

[chris_cussen]

Re: Top suspension arm ,bearing removal

Get a washer larger than the hole in the bearing.

File 2 opposite flats like for a open end spanner, so that the washer just fits through the needle bearing.

Insert it into the arm through one bearing, tilt and rest it against the opposite bearing from the inside, clamp it in a vice. Insert the old shaft or a suitable drift through the bearing and rest it against the washer. Hit the drift with a big hammer.

Alternatively find a bearing extraction tool on eBay and use that.

[HairyDave]

Re: Top suspension arm ,bearing removal

What a brilliant idea! Cheers for that Chris.

[stevejgreen]

Re: Top suspension arm ,bearing removal

When reassembling, check the front to back free play.
i wrote an article in Pitstop, I had enough fore and aft free play to cause an alarming MOT failing amount of clunking, even when using ‘new’ parts. I ended up machining my own.

[HairyDave]

Re: Top suspension arm ,bearing removal

Thanks for the heads up Steve.
Chris, great idea, but I made the washer just a tad too small so when I hit it, it knocked the rollers out and left the sleeve. That was a pig to get out. A fine chisel got in and collapsed it. A bigger washer exactly the diameter of the bore worked a treat on the other bearing.