Reply To: 6039 Speeditwin Drive Shaft Bearing Race

[Buccaneer]

I got the race in finally this morning after two tries. Sanded the bore with a scrap of
sand paper, pushing it back and forth with a pencil, eraser end. That didn’t give
me any luck getting the race in, so I mounted the race in the lathe, using an
arbor of sorts, and polished it down about .001 of an inch.
Then re-tried, and it felt like it was starting straight by “feel” this time, so I hooked up my
all thread affair and drew it into the bore with no problem.
Cheating, perhaps, but no one with know but me, and I’m sure you
won’t tell anyone!

Prepare to be boarded!