Recent content by Mrsteak21

Well, i bought a $10 bearing puller at fleet farm and it worked like a charm. After a couple soakings of PB blaster the puller got the bearing off in about 30 seconds. Thanks for all of the recommendations! Ill stay off the trails until the new rod arrives this week, shouldnt matter as MN...

Thanks to all for your replies. I am going to pickup a bearing puller and see if that does the trick. I will lube it up and heat it again prior to trying. Hoping that the shaft isnt (or will be) ruined. On a side note, would riding it with only 1 control rod further damage the...

Not sure if you looked at the pictures in the youtube link i provided, but there are a handful more of bolts you would need to remove to get the shaft out. it is attached to the mono shock among other things.

there is a 14 mm bolt on the end, then a sleeve - both of those are removed. i took the snap ring off of the idler wheel and it is now removed. now only the bearing remains and i do not see anything holding it onto the shaft.

This sounds like a common issue though, so i am guessing I am on the right path.

No i did not, not even 100% sure what that is. Ill look into it.

First off, thanks in advance for responding. I used the search function, but couldn’t find what I was looking for. Long story short, I broke a control road on the back suspension and need to get the idler wheel assembly and bearing off to replace it. I have removed the plastic idler...