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Old 09-25-2019, 12:35 PM   #1
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Default Two tooth steering box lower race removal

Trying to remove lower race. I’ve had good results in the past with 1/8” drift as Les Andrews describes in his Mechanic’s Handbook. But NOT this time. Looking for suggestions as to alternative method. What has worked for you?
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Old 09-25-2019, 12:36 PM   #2
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You put the drift into the two threaded holes and "walk" the bearing out?


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Apply heat and more force?
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Old 09-25-2019, 01:47 PM   #4
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Heat the housing with a propane or butane torch until it is fairly hot then dunk it in cold water . This normally does the trick then use the drift trough the two holes .

John in same place and same wet weather Suffolk County England .
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Old 09-25-2019, 02:38 PM   #5
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I went through the exercises described by others here, to no avail - the bugger refused to budge. I finally looked carefully at the bearing race surface and noted that there was almost no wear and decided to leave it and use it as is. Unlike the upper bearing, the lower bearing sits in a pool of oil, carries a low rotational force, hence minimal potential for wear.
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Old 09-26-2019, 06:34 PM   #6
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If you have a new replacement race, you can arc-weld a bead in the center of the old race, full circle. This will shrink the race and it will fall out. If it looks good, like ursus says, leave it be.
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Old 09-26-2019, 08:37 PM   #7
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I had a little trouble getting mine out but had no choice, the bottom bearing had failed and chewed it up pretty bad. I finally had to sit it on a thin board on concrete floor and used a shorter drift alternating between holes to get it started. Then switched to a longer drift after I got it moving.
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Old 09-27-2019, 05:38 AM   #8
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Make a “tool” if you have the capability to press thru both holes at once
Then put in a press. Equal pressure should work better
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Old 09-27-2019, 07:31 AM   #9
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Make a “tool” if you have the capability to press thru both holes at once
Then put in a press. Equal pressure should work better

I think you are dead-on here. the original Ford tool had two prongs to force it with equal pressure. The KR Wilson catalogs all claimed that "walking" races out could enlarge the part the race was being pushed out of.
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Old 09-27-2019, 10:05 AM   #10
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I simply used a bigger hammer !!!
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Old 09-27-2019, 12:20 PM   #11
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Often a BFH will move unmovable parts. (big fat hammer)
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