Rear End Bearings

[trial_master]

I have decided to replace the bearings on the rear suspension dog bones. How on earth do you remove the bearings from the dog bones? I do not have the use of a vice to clamp it down!!!

Also. The rubber mounted bearing actually on the top and bottom of the shocker need replacing. How do you get these out. I have tried pulling the metal 'top hats' out with a pair of grips.

The bike is an 07 Sherco 290

Also how much is a rough guide to the price of all the gear I need

4 x bearings for dogbones

2x Top hat rollers

2x rollers

2x rubber bearing for shocker (including the metal clamps)

Cheers

[shnaft]

Hi,i use the vice method to press in/out the bearings,using a smaller size socket at the front and a larger sized socket at the back than the bearings to press out.

Then just the vice to press the new ones in,Think you will toil without a vice,you dont want to be hammering them.

Try splatshop on the net you will get all the prices you need.

[copemech]

The bearings will tap out of the links easily, specially if you expand the ali a bit using a bit of heat from a hair drier or something. Proper sockets are key, and you could use some type of flat plate to insure the new ones are square and started properly upon a flat surface. Takes three hands and two sets of eyes on the X-Y axis to get it straight if you are unsure. Just under flush on either side when done.

As long as there is still rubber in the shock ends, I would not mess with them!

[trialsnutterman]

Rubber bearings?

Shercos have rose joint bearings (spherical bearings) in the shock, they do have rubber seals to keep some of the crap out.

If there is play in them get them changed, any play leads to extra shock loading of the other suspension parts causing wear and possibly even failure.