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[Dennis C]

If there was nothing to pull then you wouldn't need to pull it?.

[Dennis C]

Here is a bearing puller,261799388209

[Mark M]

I was trying to suggest a simple solution to the problem. Many of the folk who post here don't have a lot of equipment or want to buy tools they may use only once. The bearing puller that Dennis suggested is very similar to the one I have (and referred to in a previous post,) but even with specialist tools you may need to find other methods to complete tasks when they don't go smoothly. That is all.

[papasmurf]

Dennis C, there are plenty of situations where a bearing is buried with nothing for a puller to pull on, and no way of using a puller.

[Dennis C]

Hi Mark. I really was not taking a dig at you, I respect your opinion far too much for that, I just thought that if the O P had to buy a tool then it may be better to spend a bit more and get the correct one.

Papasmurf you may be right but to date I have not found one and certainly a crank bearing is not buried.

[Mark M]

Dennis, no offence taken, honest! I think sometimes these discussions lose sight of the Original Problem ( which I suppose we could call the OP as opposed to blaming the P(revious) O(wner) and become debates about correct workshop practice and theory. Especially when folk are using the Indian Enfield route into old bike maintenance their skills and resources may be limited and we (perhaps) more experienced and better equipped types need to remind ourselves what it's like to work in simple conditions, perhaps even out in the open. Mind you, I still have to work in the open when fixing my wife's MX5, my fault for filling the garage with bikes!

REgards, Mark

[Dennis C]

Mark, a problem with this type of message board is that the written word doesn't always come across as a face to face discussion would, I am pleased no offence was taken.