Frank, thanks for the sage advice. Heating the housing worked after I got
out the serious torch. It still took about three heating’s and slamming’s on the
workbench before the bearing was all the way out. Thicker work gloves
may have been advised though, lol.
The seal retainer clip is out as well. I drilled a tiny hole at an angle right
behind the clip and pried it out with my pick…. only took about two
minutes, and no band-aid’s needed!
As long as I had the torch out, I heated around the cylinder some to try to
free up the stuck piston……… that didn’t goes so well. Piston still stuck,
so I threw the cylinder with piston in my vat of ATF / Acetone, which
I never had much luck with either.
I had a 12 hp Gale wedge block in the bucket for a couple of years, and
the pistons still aren’t moving!
Prepare to be boarded!