Thursday, 11 April 2013

Top T Race Removal

Still working on the forks and trying to get all the pieces together to send to the powder coating shop.  I had to get the final bearing shell / race off the top T.  No welding equipment available here.  I had read somewhere about the method I have used here so I thought I would give it a try.  I guess it was my only option as there was no moving it by any other option.  The idea is to split the thing with a Dremel and brute force. 
Looking good so far but need to go deeper.
But not too deep.
 Then give it a good whack.
 

 And it pops off.
And don't fret too much about a few scratches here and there.  Shame the last photo here was taken at the wrong resolution.  See the damage was only minor.