"Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot" <eastREMOVEkent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:g94e2o$oan$1@registered.motzarella.org...
> Beav wrote:
>> "M J Carley" <ensmjc@bath.ac.uk> wrote in message
>> news:K697tF.6G1.B.midge@bath.ac.uk...
>>>
>>> I am fitting new steering head bearings to the 550/4. The lower shell
>>> has gone in fine but the top one just will not shift and still stands
>>> about 2mm proud of the headstock. I don't want to hammer it more than
>>> I have (using the old shell to cover it) but it has to be put in its
>>> place.
>>>
>>> Is there a magic puller type affair that will let me draw it into
>>> place?
>>
>> A magic amount of heat on the headstock will usually give just enough
>> "looseness" to allow the bearing to get shoved in up to the spuds with
>> little more help than that provided by a lump of wood.
>
> "Up to the spuds"

Never less than


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Beav

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