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Old 08-05-2004, 12:18 PM
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I could have been in the same situation, but I noticed it was starting to bind before it got stuck. I backed off the pressure, tapped the oppisite edge and luckily it strightened out.

I also found that with the outer edge of the bearing flush with the outter edge of the bananna arm the bearing was all the way in and up against the stop on the inside. I was thinking what am I going to dp if the bearing is a little narrower than the bore. It worked out.

I don't get what you said about the hub pulling the bearing into the bore farther. I agree it seems pretty sloppy now and I expect it to tighten up when the bearing get's sandwiched between the wheel hub and the drive shaft hub (Via the Big @$$ nut.). I don't see how that would pull it into the bore farther. Am I missing something? The only other thing that I see that keeps the bearing in place is the dust sheild "hat" and the reinforcement plate with the 4 small bolts.

The best thing about this is that it feels good to finally be putting something back together!
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