Bandsaw Restoration #2: Progress, at last

Looks like you are gonna need a bearing splitter to get that bearing off the tilt shaft. The drive shaft might have a couple of snap rings inside the housing. Once you have the lower wheel off the shaft “may” slide out the other way. There should also be a couple of spring washers inside behind the bearings. If so, watch their orientation as it comes out.

After looking at the pics again it appears to go together just like my old Delta 14. The shaft should come out to the pulley side. A few blows with a mallet should loosen it up. I would recommend a real good penetrating oil. PB BBlaster, Kroil ( my fav) or a mixture of kerosene and tranny fluid. Let it SOAK for a while and it should start moving.

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I have two suggestions. First is a pickle fork, used to get ball joints off, It tapers looks like a two prong fork walk the bearing off. The other is if the bearing was off the shaft would the shaft come off the backer plate? If so have the assembly pressed out at a auto parts store, local machine or at your local mechanic.

-- mrg

why not repaint in green or pm gold?
rustollium black is just not meant for wood working machinery…

great job on being so thorugh on the break down.

I would NOT a pickle fork. The pot metal behind the bearing will not support the fork and WILL break.

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i agree with medic, what i would do personally is weld a couple peices of steel to the bearing race and use the wheel puller on those, and use your prefernce of penetrating oil, mine is jb-80 but as others have mentioned let it soak , u could also heat up the bearing race a bit before pulling but dont heat up the axle or itll get tighter but be very weary of that cast metal as it would take some big money to have it replced if u cant find the part and need to have 1 machined
good luck!

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@mrg: I was trying to avoid removing the hinge pin, but it does look like if it were removed I could easily get leverage on the bearing and use the gear puller on it. I do like the idea of attaching something to the bearing to get better leverage on it, so I’ll probably try that first. My fear is that removing/replacing it could cause something to crack from too much stress.

@doordude: Yeah, now that I think about it black would show every bit of dust, so I’ll see if I can find a green close to the Power King shade. Grizzly’s green actually looks pretty similar, so I may try and match up with that.

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions!

-- The difference between being defeated and admitting defeat is what makes all the difference in the world - Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle"

After researching what a bearing splitter is, it looks pretty much like what I was considering doing. I was going to see if I could find a U-shaped piece of metal (maybe cut a chunk out of a large washer) and use that to get a lip around the bearing to pull it off. The bearing splitter looks like the “right” way to do that, though they are a bit pricey ($25 even at Harbor Freight).

I’m pretty thrifty, and I don’t know if I can justify $25 for a single-use item, when that would almost buy new urethane tires. I’ll try and go the cheap route, but if I can’t get it off that way I’ll splurge on the bearing splitter.

-- The difference between being defeated and admitting defeat is what makes all the difference in the world - Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle"

Suggest you try Auto Zone or similar for the specialty tools. They have loaner tools that you can use for free (i.e., even cheaper than HF). PB Blaster pentrating oil might be worth a try.