Tear down of my bike for powdercoating

Did some work Sunday morning before going to watch the Arsenal round a friends. Stripped the front down ready to strip the forks. Here are some more pics:

The bike without the front or rear end:



And with my little helper alongside:



A shot of my improvised front paddock stand after my one collapsed and split the metal!



Frustratingly I had replaced the head bearings last year and the ones on the bottom yoke are brand new. I am now in two minds whether the get the lower yoke sprayed or just leave it. I think I will regret not doing it so I might just have to remove the bearing, which I don't want to do as its a bit of a pig to get off. What do you all think, bite the bullet and remove the bearing or leave the yoke as it is?



Going to remove the wheel bearings (or try to at least) and also strip down the forks. Once that has been done I just have to remove the swingarm once my tool arrives and then get the tyres off and I will be all set to drop them off to the powder coaters.

Although I have never removed wheel bearings before I might do a how to with pics, assuming I can actually do it!

Wheel bearings are easy just get a thin chisel and slip it down through one bearing, through the spacer and onto the lip of the inner race of the other bearing, then batter it with a hammer until it submisses. Then remove the spacer, whip the wheel round the other side and use said chisel or appropriate sized socket and batter the **** out of the other one till it comes out.
RE the lower yoke I couldn't be arsed changing the bearings so just masked them up and sprayed them, came out nice though, I used black hammerite smooth.

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[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by srobrien

just get a thin chisel and slip it down through one bearing, through the spacer and onto the lip of the inner race of the other bearing, then batter it with a hammer until it submisses.

Nothing like using the right tools for the job, eh?

Yup, what would you suggest? Can't see the point in beating around the bush if you are replacing them.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by srobrien

Yup, what would you suggest? Can't see the point in beating around the bush if you are replacing them.

Nothing wrong with that, I have to confess that 1st reaction to the word chisel was a wood chisel, but then, after posting remembering that there are more than one kind of chisel

So if you were meaning this, then I stand by what I said (only because it will wreck the tool)



If you meant something like this, then it came from my interpretation

[garynortheast]

A brass or copper drift is less likely to cause any damage to the surrounding area than a chisel. It's what I've always used to remove bearing races such as head and wheel bearings.

[yorkie_chris]

Drift or chisel.

Don't just knock f*** out of it though, you want the bearing to come out squarely.