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Calmini Rear Kick Axles - Additional parts

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Offline Bobzooki

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Re: Calmini Rear Kick Axles - Additional parts
« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2005, 01:45:00 AM »
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I have a high quality press at work with many different chucks and I pressed it all off and all back on. End of story. If you had already bought new bearings why didnt you just cut the old ones off and slide the retainers off?


Dagnabbit, Mike, I don't have an angle grinder, and my bench grinder wasn't doing the trick, and I need to get the dang things going!  You can press the retaining ring OFF?  How the heck do you do that?  Just push EVERYthing off at once?
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Re: Calmini Rear Kick Axles - Additional parts
« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2005, 08:29:00 AM »
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Dagnabbit, Mike, I don't have an angle grinder, and my bench grinder wasn't doing the trick, and I need to get the dang things going!  You can press the retaining ring OFF?  How the heck do you do that?  Just push EVERYthing off at once?


I changed both of my rear bearings not too long ago.  The passenger side was fine, but the driver's cage was in about a dozen pieces.  I like doing my own work, but for this, I just paid an automotive machine shop $40-$50 (can't remember exactly) to press the old stuff off and the new stuff on.  Piece of cake, done the same day they were dropped off.  They're in Wheat Ridge if you want their info.

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Re: Calmini Rear Kick Axles - Additional parts
« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2005, 01:10:43 AM »
Clearly, a Hydraulic Press is in my future!!!

I still wanna lnow how Mike does this ON THE TRAIL - or even back in camp, say, in Moab.

Carrying spares with all the goodies already pressed on, makes the whole job one heck of a lot easier!
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Re: Calmini Rear Kick Axles - Additional parts
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2005, 09:05:49 AM »
i change my rear bearings using a press,i reuse the retaining collars,and get bearings and seals  from a bearing supplier rather than suzuki dealers which are usually totally useless and massivly overpriced in the uk.
the bearings cost about £5($9)each and the seals are about £2($3.5)each.
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Re: Calmini Rear Kick Axles - Additional parts
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2005, 10:45:42 AM »
Your on the right track if you want coplete spares for the trail, you could buy a cheap press for the same price as paying a shop to press them. if you go to the disk brake conversion you won't need those plates.  ;D (at least on a sammie.)
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Re: Calmini Rear Kick Axles - Additional parts
« Reply #20 on: June 22, 2005, 10:19:32 AM »
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Posted by: Bobzooki Posted on: Jun 15th, 2005, 6:45am


Dagnabbit, Mike, I don't have an angle grinder, and my bench grinder wasn't doing the trick, and I need to get the dang things going!  You can press the retaining ring OFF?  How the heck do you do that?  Just push EVERYthing off at once?  


dude, i got two words to say to you. Harbor Freight. no angle grinder. They are like 15 bucks and even come with the abrasive wheel.. I'm trying to piss in your corn flakes but geez get an angle grinder. If you ordered at the same time as your parts I would be willing to bet it would show up first! yeah I know I know Harbor freight is junk, well yeah some of it is but there angle grinders are decent!
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