I have usually never had a problem getting things apart, but putting them back together has sometimes had its challenges. So, how do you 'press' the new bearings back in? Or jthe old ones for that matter. I am certain that the axle cone would hold the bearing race in, but is there a spin-out potential I am asking because I have this little voice in the back of my head telling me to remove the bearing race so I can color-anodize a Campagnolo high flange hub set. I have seen the bearing races on eBay from time to time but have never purchased them. If this can be done with reasonable effort then I may fulfill another hair-brained scheme. Bruce
Bruce Thomson Spokane WA 99204 (509) 747 4314 Masi3v4me@yahoo.com rapidfire10ring@hotmail.com
From: Bill Kloos <billkloos@landuseoregon.com> Subject: [CR] How to pull pressed in bearing races from Campy Hubs To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Cc: "Bill Kloos" <billkloos@landuseoregon.com> Date: Monday, October 26, 2009, 7:33 AM
Jack --This nail method works great. Start with a 16d framing nail and no need to grind the head. This is a slow, two beer exercise. As for support on the bottom of the hub, buy a stout PVC coupling from the plumbing section of the hardware store with a diameter smaller than the hub shell. Set the hub on the end of that PVC. Good support; not to hard; not too soft.
Bill Kloos Eugene, OR 97401 e-mail: billkloos@landuseoregon.com
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Jack- A lot of guys will just use a big old nail a common headed nail large enough to go all the way through the hub. The head is ground down in diameter to just fit past the race's axle hole, the head is placed up against the back of the race and the pointy end of the nail gets hit with a hammer. Move the nail about the race's circumference and "walk" the race out
with multiple whacks.
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> I've got a set of wheels with Campy high flange hubs, that originated on
> my
> 72 Paramount. The pressed in races in the hubs are in bad shape. I now
> have the replacement races to put in them, but haven't figured out how to
> pull the old pressed in races out, or what tool is needed to do the job.
> I
> suppose the large Campy toolsets that used to come in the wooden cases may
> have had some sort of tool for that job...but I don't have one of those
> tool
> sets. Other techniques or tools that will work?
>
> Jack Countryman
> Greensburg, IN USA