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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article , mikemcig-
says...

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.

How well that works depends on the design of the bearing and how much
force is needed to seat it. If the socke fits the inner race on a
bearing that seats on the shaft or the outer on one that seats on the
bore it should be fine. What you want to avoid doing is transferring
the impact load via the balls or rollers.