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Old 08-05-2004, 12:01 PM
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Glad to see this worked out for you, Bill.

I made a similar tool and was able to get one bearing pressed in, the other started crooked and became stuck in the bananna arm. I eventually took both arms to a shop (Pitstop) and they gladly fixed the one crooked bearing.

To my suprise, the one bearing I was able to press in still had another 1/8-1/16" to go, even though I thought it was flush. Once you get the hubs pressed into the bearings you may notice there is still some play with the wheels installed. The remedy is to turn the nut 1 more cotter pin hole, even if the factory torque specs have been met. This cinches everything up....the bearing into the bananna arm, and the hub into bearing.
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