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The inner bushings are pressed into some kind of Bakeliteish stuff, its far enough inboard and held away from the outer skin that they are OK. Ive never had trouble pulling the needle bearings unless they were rusted but yea... be careful! its not like they are replacable or something. Keith > > Now that you've forced me to think about this harder, I guess the outer needle > bearings are just pressed into the steel beam, but aren't the inner sleeve > bearings pressed into some kind of synthetic (plastic?) bushing? Those may be > far enough inboard that they won't get hot enough to matter. > > I'd be concerned about damaging the needle bearings with a slide hammer puller. > The only time I did this, the races got bent on both sides even though I was > careful to pull evenly against both sides. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >