Linkage Bearings Out!!!!!!!!!!!
I just did my 97YZ250 Linkage bearings last night. First time in my life, did it in under 4 hours.
Basically I used a large socket on the OUT side (opposite side from where the bearing is being pushed) and a smaller socket with close to the same Outer Diameter as the bearing itself, on the IN side.
I used a bench vice to push the small socket through the linkage, forcing the bearing into the large socket on the opposite side. The vice jaws were not very wide and once the small socket disappeared in the linkage, it was difficult to find the right spacer to put between the small bearing and the vice jaw. This was easily remedied by using a long bolt, with a locking nut screwed al the way down to the head, the bolt slid through the small socket hole where the wrench handle goes. Everytime the jaws closed fully on the linkage, I opened them up again and UNWOUND the locking nut on the long bolt, pushing the bolt outwards to the vice jaws, thus closing the gap and enabling another push of the bearing.
At first it took a while but seemd like the best option, I am not keen on pounding parts, especialy expensive ones.
Anyway job done, I got the idea how to do this from this site, so far in a week i have solved 2 very expensive problems by doing them myself.
Thanks everyone :nener: :ride: