I have a couple of large (1" dia/6" long) brass drifts. They are soft and can be easily re-machined with hand tools for jobs such as this.
Save the old races - you can use them to drive the new ones in..... Dan --- On Sat, 1/29/11, John Reames <jwrea...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: John Reames <jwrea...@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Another day another wheel bearing > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Saturday, January 29, 2011, 7:42 PM > I've always pereferred brass rod or > all-thread... > > -- > John W Reames > jwrea...@comcast.net > Home: +14106646986 > Mobile: +14437915905 > > On Jan 29, 2011, at 18:30, Peter Frederick <psf...@earthlink.net> > wrote: > > > Doesn't matter, really, unless you can't, in which > case it's foolish to install new bearings. The race is > shot if the bearings are bad, no question about that. > > > > If you have the nice Mercedes tool it's easy, just use > a hammer to drive it out. Lacking that, a soft steel > punch ground flat across the end works well. you have > to "sharpen" it sometimes part way through the job. > Don't try a hardened one, it will just break off. > > > > Peter > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
