Brake caliper issue
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You don't have to control the depth ... the bottom of the bore controls the depth on the Primary Bearing Side and the center spacer sleeve controls the depth on the Secondary Bearing side.
With a Flat faced tool, you don't have to "sneak up" on the spacer sleeve during the installation of the second bearing. You can just tighten it right up.
But with the cheapo tool you can always flip the "installer" over after using the piloted side to start the second bearing to where the installer OD just starts to enter the bore. The other Disc with no pilot is always used flipped ... Now it's like having a Flat faced tool
You can also chuck up those installers and machine them flat like Max did
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It ain't cheap
Jim's bearing puller installer kit
Jim's bearing puller installer kit
https://www.georges-garage.com/produ...ver-installer/
He's currently out of stock, but thinks 1-2 weeks out.
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What "matters" is that the cheapo tools tend to follow an inferior design with a recess in the center or a lip around the outer edge (however you want to say it) which Max is referring to in his post. That makes it possible to overdrive the bearings. The Original Harley Kent-Moore tool (referenced in the FSM) is Flat faced ... Not possible to overdrive and you don't have to "sneak up" on it either.
You don't have to control the depth ... the bottom of the bore controls the depth on the Primary Bearing Side and the center spacer sleeve controls the depth on the Secondary Bearing side.
With a Flat faced tool, you don't have to "sneak up" on the spacer sleeve during the installation of the second bearing. You can just tighten it right up.
But with the cheapo tool you can always flip the "installer" over after using the piloted side to start the second bearing to where the installer OD just starts to enter the bore. The other Disc with no pilot is always used flipped ... Now it's like having a Flat faced tool
You can also chuck up those installers and machine them flat like Max did
.
You don't have to control the depth ... the bottom of the bore controls the depth on the Primary Bearing Side and the center spacer sleeve controls the depth on the Secondary Bearing side.
With a Flat faced tool, you don't have to "sneak up" on the spacer sleeve during the installation of the second bearing. You can just tighten it right up.
But with the cheapo tool you can always flip the "installer" over after using the piloted side to start the second bearing to where the installer OD just starts to enter the bore. The other Disc with no pilot is always used flipped ... Now it's like having a Flat faced tool
You can also chuck up those installers and machine them flat like Max did
.
I'm going to try flipping and pulling.
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Do it 
The inner & outer race are the same width on the same plane ... Flat Face it is
Don't forget to have the Non Piloted disc flipped. No reason for it to be any other way at any time
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The inner & outer race are the same width on the same plane ... Flat Face it is
Don't forget to have the Non Piloted disc flipped. No reason for it to be any other way at any time
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Last edited by multihdrdr; Aug 20, 2025 at 07:31 PM.
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I would probe that hole. The screw appears to have the tip broken off. You do not want that screw tip to still be in the tire carcass.
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