Originally Posted by
bjr_93tz
The cam gear bearing is the bugger, the one in the cap comes out just fine with heat and a quick tap, but I always find myself bending up different shape pieces of wire and other oddments to get the crankcase one out. I've vowed to make up a tool but I'm just to lazy.
Originally Posted by
arnstein
All you need to remove the cam gear bearings is some wax and a dowel!
Arnstein
While slightly off topic, I have to give thanks to Arnstein for this thought provoking comment.
It turns out (being the sucker for mechanical punishment I am) my car engine also has a bearing buried into a blind hole in the end of the crankshaft. An appropriately machined mandrel, some Plasticine and a hammer and out she popped!!!!
