JD 671 rake

[mchapin]

Any tricks to rebuilding the tooth bar bearing housing. The knuckle broke. Thought it would be an easy rebuild. Was going to reuse the bearings. How do you get the bearings out without destroying them?

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

I would not reuse any of the bearings. When rebuild them we remove the snap ring first then turn them over and drill a small hole (Which when I am finished I thread to add a grease fitting)then press the stub shaft out with a bolt thru the hole you drilled. Clean up the inside and take a welder and run a bead of weld on the inside of the races to help shrink them for removal. The only place I have found to get the grease seal is from Deere. Tom

 

[mchapin]

Thanks for the tips. Is there a good sequence for putting them back together.