Rear shock linkage bearing removal

[brider]

I have an '03 EC 300. The bellcrank part of the rear shock linkage has a frozen bearing in the center pivot (there are (2) needle bearings in the housing), is the method to remove one of these needle-bearings to use a small hooked puller to grab the inner race and pull it out? Can't see any other way, and driving either bearing out by pressing both thru one side seems like a bad method, especially if one bearing is still good.

Please advise.

 

[gasgasman]

I used the Motion Pro bearing remover kit. Works well.

 

[SS109]

In that situation I use a blind bearing puller and sometimes a little heat on the knuckle.

 

[(F5)]

Vice. Small socket to drive both through on one side, big socket for it to fall into on the other. Replace both, don't cheap out.
Heat first.

 

[brider]

Vice. Small socket to drive both through on one side, big socket for it to fall into on the other. Replace both, don't cheap out.
Heat first.

Small socket/big socket aspect confuses me, seems like a single driver just undersize of the bore is what you want. This method seems crude, but effective if replacing both. May go this route if the internal puller I ordered doesn't work.

 

[MxPhlipper]

Small socket/big socket aspect confuses me, seems like a single driver just undersize of the bore is what you want. This method seems crude, but effective if replacing both. May go this route if the internal puller I ordered doesn't work.

Where is the bearing going to go if the linkage is on the bench? Hence the large socket to push the bearing into. Personally I use a vice vs. brute force

 

[brider]

Where is the bearing going to go if the linkage is on the bench? Hence the large socket to push the bearing into. Personally I use a vice vs. brute force

Aha! I was thinking of a different setup, but point taken.