'83 KZ1000R2 Swing arm bearings not there?

I am having the frame and swing arm on my '83 KZ1000R2 powder coated. Since I'm powder coating the swing arm I need to remove the needle bearings (I've already bought new ones along with sleeves). When removing the grease seal I find to my big surprise, no bearings??? It seems as there are only bushings there from the looks of it, no bearings. Kind of looks like a bronze bushing?. Dunno how to remove this, because I'm not sure what it is?

I've attached a photo of the pivot. Any advices on what this is and how to remove it. Can I just knock on one end and knock everything out on the opposite end? There is supposed to be a collar of some sort in there seperating the two sides, and this should be possible to remove?

Help!!!

.T

You can NOT drive them through the arm.
Long rod in one side and drive the other side out.

Looks like the bearings were replaced with bronze bushes, interesting?. if you use a rod to belt them out they might (depending on how tight they are) go out of shape. What are you thinking of doing - refitting original bearings??

Bozo wrote: Looks like the bearings were replaced with bronze bushes, interesting?. if you use a rod to belt them out they might (depending on how tight they are) go out of shape. What are you thinking of doing - refitting original bearings??

Yes, I have new bearings and sleeves to refit after powder coating. Just need to figure out the best way of removing the bronze bushings. I will try to find a rod to put in from the opposite direction av try knocking them out.

.T