diff experts! advice needed

[Rick]

reconditioning my english diff fitting all new bearings today

 

fitted 3 out of the 4 but im stuck on one;

 

the bearing that fits round the pinion is so close to the teeth that i cant just drive this one off with a screwdriver as i dont wana damage the teeth

 

any ideas on how to remove it without buying any expensive tools

 

if all else fails il have to give it my dad for him to take to work and do...

 

but id rather do it myself i hate being beaten

[BIG G]

Angle grinder

[petrolhead01]

you can do this with a angle grinder!! remove the cage and all the rollers then grind in one place across the bearing not in towards the pinion and you will eventually get nearly all the way threw but don't go right threw because all the old bearing will by now be bloody hot and will have expanded enough to either fall off on its own or just need a very light tap to remove it !!!

this was you will never damage the pinion and will also not put to much heat onto it like you would with a blowtorch/acetylene!! and knacker up the original tempering on the pinion!!

[Rick]

man.

 

i was hoping id find a solution a bit less drastic than that

 

last experience i had breaking a bearing it shattered all in my face