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I got the bearings from McMaster Carr. On the MKII I was able to use the bearing and the triple tree bolt. The trick is to get the biggest bearing possible so it just barely fits into the rotor ID. Then it's plenty large enough that it doesn't damage the crank at all and there is absolutely to chance of it pushing into the threaded ID of the crank. Mine came off really easy but that was AFTER I had the same problem you did when I first removed it a few months earlier.

I actually broke off the rotor puller in the rotor when I used the impact, so be careful with that! I think you want to get it real tight and then strike it (on the bolt or tool) to get it to pop loose. Good luck and keep us posted. You know the suspense is killing us too!

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OK, I have an M18x1.5 bolt coming from fastenal, only cost me 12 bucks, that is cheaper than z1e after exchange and shipping, so I ordered one. I will get a decent air gun on friday when I get paid and get to work when the bolt comes on. Thanks for the patience and help guys, my viking buddies and I appreciate everything.

When the bolt comes, why not make a Tool like Larry's, or something where you can hit it with a hammer to tighten, then on the end to pop off the stuck POS?
Look up Hammer Wrench in an Industrial tool catalog, you will get an Idea.

Here I found a photo, you could weld up something like this to your bolt head,

You could make a "Lever" out of some plate steel, weld it to the bolt head to Smack!

Yea there's nothing like Smacking things with a BFH!

9am53 wrote:

OK, I have an M18x1.5 bolt coming from fastenal, only cost me 12 bucks, that is cheaper than z1e after exchange and shipping, so I ordered one. I will get a decent air gun on friday when I get paid and get to work when the bolt comes on. Thanks for the patience and help guys, my viking buddies and I appreciate everything.

Very good... Don't spend too much on an impact. The electric ones work fine, and you really wont use it too much anyways.

Good luck.

Manual impact drivers are inexpensive and readily available at Z1E, Harbor Freight, etc.

Very handy for removing case screws without damaging the screw head.

Typically also fit any 3/8" socket.

Good Fortune!

Patton wrote:

You'll never get it Patton...not in a million years if you haven't grasped it by now

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trianglelaguna wrote:

as an ex-iron worker...who was sitting talking to a co-worker ,who is an ex machinist millwright.....and not 48 hrs ago we were talking ...in the talk beater wrenches were mentioned...it's been ten years since i've seen one and now in 24 hrs i mention one and a picture appears in a thread .....life is really just a circle in a circle in circle......


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Motor Head wrote:

When the bolt comes, why not make a Tool like Larry's, or something where you can hit it with a hammer to tighten, then on the end to pop off the stuck POS?
Look up Hammer Wrench in an Industrial tool catalog, you will get an Idea.

Here I found a photo, you could weld up something like this to your bolt head,

You could make a "Lever" out of some plate steel, weld it to the bolt head to Smack!

Nah>The Hindus say that life is on a 10,000 year wheel,and when it rotates around we come back as something else

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I wanna come back as a stuck rotor so I can get all this attention.Hee-damn-haw.bj

That is too funny! and probably very similar to what 9AM is hearing in his head when he reads all of the comments in this post!

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Good Fortune!