Whats the best way to remove the crankshaft bearings in a Ryobi?

Warm the case up with a heat gun until is it just slightly uncomfortable to touch with your bare hand. Then gently tap the bearings out. Never tap so that the force is carried through the balls of the bearing if it is a bearing that you might want to use again. In other words, to tap the ones out of the case, tap on the outer race only. If you tap one onto a crankshaft to reinstall it, tap only on the inner race.

AV8TOR

Why would the new bearing survive damage from tapping on the inner race? Didn't you men to say do all tapping on the outter race when installing in the case? In other words all tapping is done on the race meeting resistance and force shouold not be transmitted through the bearings?

That is correct. But many people install the bearing on the crankshaft, and then install the crank with bearing into the case. In that situation, if you need to tap the bearing onto the crank, you would tap on the inner race. Maybe my first post wasn't clear on that.

Usually, with a clean bearing bore and a warm case, the bearings go in very easily.

AV8TOR

Warm case, cold bearing. Use your fingers,not a hammer.