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Old 10-17-16, 11:53 AM
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MN Need help press swapping a rotor bearing in twin cities.

Anyone got a tip on a shop that's able to do the job? Calling around all morning and its a no go. Even turblown says they outsource it to a place out of state. I need this done ASAP.
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ANY machine shop should be able to do it, wouldn't think it'd be hard to find one
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I have a press and a torch


shouldnt be too hard.. admittedly have never done the rx7 bearings.. but probably will soon
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Just Google pressing rotor bearings and you should find some that will help. I know pineapple racing made a good one. Having the right size sockets or dies is the key. IIRC Akins sells SSTs for both rotor and eshaft. You want to use a small square to draw a line with a sharpie in order to align the tabs. No torch needed.

Edit... Found that pineapple vid...

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Originally Posted by Dr-Zine
Anyone got a tip on a shop that's able to do the job? Calling around all morning and its a no go. Even turblown says they outsource it to a place out of state. I need this done ASAP.
Shawn must have told you that. We actually use a different strategy on the builds we do, but I do have the rotary specific bearing press tools if you want to borrow them. I have units we have built here, and mass production units from pineapple racing. As mentioned any machine shop in town should be able to do it, usually around $50-100.
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Originally Posted by Turblown
Shawn must have told you that. We actually use a different strategy on the builds we do, but I do have the rotary specific bearing press tools if you want to borrow them. I have units we have built here, and mass production units from pineapple racing. As mentioned any machine shop in town should be able to do it, usually around $50-100.
Yeah I talked to Shawn. He recommended a guy, I eventually got a hold of him and did the job for me. And as mentioned, I called 10 different machine shops in the northern burbs and none of them could do it. Hell a few of them wouldn't even look once I used the "rotary" word.
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