has anyone on here dismantled an sc12 and changed the seals behind the bearings

 

any info on this would be appreciated, and would really like to talk to someone who has done it before if there is anyone

 

apparently the only way to get the bearings out to change the seals is by destroying them or heating them as i have just found on another site, but you need to make them hot

like 200-400 degrees ish, to melt the glue to push them out

 

anyway, has anyone done before?

also if anyone has got a mechanic or shop to do it for them, how much did it cost?

i will be replacing the bearings in an SC14 in the next few months... Thought it had bent vanes, but turns out its just f@$ked bearings...

 

Will let you know when i get around to it!

 

Hit it with an oxy torch and see what happens.

yeah, sweet

 

where can you get new bearings? and how much are they costing you,

 

know if sc12 ones wil be the same? just incase i screw mine up when i go to do all this crap.

Edited December 3, 200817 yr by DearmanKE

Id be betting they would be similar...

 

As I think the only real difference between the two chargers are the length?!?!

Assumption is the mother of all f**k-ups.

 

Get the number off the bearing and go to bearing shop and get them that way.

yeah dw, I'm not gunna get bits unless i absoutly know they are right,

 

also wondering where you are getting the new bearings from?

 

beacuse form what heaps of what ive read, alot of people say you can't get replacement bearings

Not really no. Pretty sure they are hot glued into the case. It is possible to get them out, and replace them, though it's a bit of work and custom job to get it all done.

^What he said. From what I've heard, the exact bearing can't be easily found, you have to machine the hole out and fit a bigger bearing in there.

Baaah, started pulling the SC14 apart, stripped the rotors etc out.

 

Began to sort out removing the front bearings (as they are the rooted ones, the rears are still fine) found a punch that would fit, punched the centre out...... alright, try again, large punch, hammer slips, punch goes off on a mission (read, ended up being hit on an angle) and now ive got a nice 10mm long/wide chunk cracked from the front of the casing. The alloy there is paper thin, and a real pain in the arse.

 

Going to make up a puller to get the bearings out now, as I can TIG up and re-machine the hole Ive made, but don't want the hassle of doing it too many times!

damn that sucks man,

 

where are you sourceing your new bearings?

have alot of friends in various industries (even have a few from here at work)

 

When I get the bearings out, its just a matter of getting them to the guys that need them, and they will either find me something that is the same size, or atleast something similar. I'm not affraid to mill some metal from the housing or the bearings to make them fit.

Two weeks ago I would have been able to give you a casing for cheap :P