Inner Cam Bearing removal?
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Road Captain
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From: Wichita but from Tulsa
They are in pretty tight and I have the heartland tool on order through amazon. I appreciate everyone's input and have no plans on tearing the bottom end apart to fish out the bearing pieces. I will be here tomorrow so I can have it up and running to ride to work. The only thing that sux about working 3/12s weekend is Friday mornings?
They are in pretty tight and I have the heartland tool on order through amazon. I appreciate everyone's input and have no plans on tearing the bottom end apart to fish out the bearing pieces. I will be here tomorrow so I can have it up and running to ride to work. The only thing that sux about working 3/12s weekend is Friday mornings?
Heartland Tool,,,Keep the old bearing on the tool when you install the new bearing... it keeps the tool from spreading apart.
I swapped my Cams & Bearings back in Dec... they were tuff too,,, but after a few hard turns they backed out fine.
Last edited by Sam D.; Mar 11, 2015 at 09:07 AM.
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Be aware that Heartland changed the cam bearing tool a year ago or so, and not apparently for the better. Can't find it, but there is a thread somewhere on here showing the differences between the old and new tool set.
Road Captain
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From: Sherwood Park AB Canada
If you don't have the proper tool to remove them is it a correct assumption that you don't have the correct tool to install the new ones. They do require a specific depth to be installed, which is difficult if you are hammering them in.
Tourer
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From: Virginia Beach
There need's to be a new chapter on this forum entitled " I Was Too Cheap To Buy The Correct Tools When I Decided to Wrench My $20,000 Bike Myself And Now I Regret It (And I Am Poorer)!"
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I just changed cams and the Heartland Collet tip spread on me too installing new bearings. Like you I put old bearing on collet tip to prevent it from spreading and worked like champ! Sent email to Mike at Heartland as I didn't see anything in his instructions & pics about leaving old bearing on collet tip although it showed old bearing on opposite end of collet closest to installer.
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