"Lloyd E. Sponenburgh" wrote in message
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Take care pressing them back into their seats -- they aren't tight fits,
but
you should avoid any pressure on the inner race. Make a tool, if you
aren't
lucky enough to have a bearing pressing mandrel that fits. A large wrench
socket that is no more than, say, 0.050" smaller than the o.d. of the
outer
race will work well as a tool.

LLoyd


That bit of instruction can be confusing for some. Bearings should be
pressed by the race that is being pressed, so no pressure is transmitted
through the balls or rollers, brinelling them in the process. If the
bearing is pressed on the shaft, it should be pressed by the inner race, not
the outer race.

Harold