Oct 15, 2011

Removing Ruckstell Bearing Sleeve

Been struggling to remove the Ruckstell outer bearing sleeve.  It was obviously misoriented; sort of one edge sticking out beyond the housing, and had rotated to the point that the orientation nib was not in the hole.  If you look at a prior posting, you will see that the bearing was in nice shape.  But something was up with the sleeve.

In addition to what I mentioned, it was also "bigger" i.e. my homemade sleeve removal tool had to be tapped into place with a hammer, versus on the standard side where it just dropped in.

Finally, I took a pickle bar and used a 2 ton jack as shown.  Popped right out.