On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:16:25 -0700, Mike M
wrote:

On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:19:26 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

m II wrote:
Take it to a motor repair shop. They have the presses, bearings and do
this professionally.


That is indeed an option, but too many bearings have been seated manually
for this to be necessary. It's not rocket science to seat a bearing. Maybe
some of the people that post here should have actually have done some of the
work they talk about before they talk...

I've installed many a bearing tapping it on with the right size
socket. I'm with you on this.

Ditto. 1/2" drive sockets usually had large enough orifices to handle
small shafts, and an old collapsible steering shaft tube worked to
hammer the socket down over the shaft, for armature-mounted bearings
and such.

I also cut old bearing races with my die cutter and a cutoff disc so I
could use it to tap in the new races. Tap the old one out, cut a slot
with the cutter, cool, and wire-brush the edges off. I think I have a
dozen of those in various sizes in my old mechanic's toolbox.

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Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
-- Thomas Jefferson