Laurence Pye Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 bearing has disintegrated leaving outer ring in crankshaft, any ideas how to get it out ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David James Posted June 13, 2014 Report Share Posted June 13, 2014 Hi. I seem to remember having similar problem many moons ago with a non Triumph car. No idea if there is a special tool but I ended up carefully grinding through the 'outer ring' with a small rotary stone until it just cut through into the softer flywheel. Obviously the diameter of the stone or point needs to be less than the internal diameter of the outer ring. There is no need to grind the whole circumference all the ring but just a line in the direction of the crankshaft and then breaking out the ring with a pointed implement. I used an old scriber I could hit gently with a hammer. With care and patience it should break out. Good luck. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David James Posted June 15, 2014 Report Share Posted June 15, 2014 erratum - for 'flywheel' substitute 'crankshaft' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nigel 628 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 In the good ol' days the solid bronze spigot bearings could be easily 'hydrauliced' out by filling the the crank spigot chamber with grease and tapping in an old first motion shaft. If you can find a piece of solid bar to fit snugly into the outer cage, it would probably pop out nicely with no danger of damage to the crank. The trend with many engines now is to run without a spigot bearing. Nigel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurence Pye Posted June 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2014 Thanks for the advice, tried it this afternoon, ring came out in five minutes. Once again, many thanks. Laurie Pye Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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