Thread: LT230 Differential Bearings - Removal

This is going to be a bit rough.....

support the shaft on wooden blocks and use a small/med cold chisel to make a gap your regular gear puller can manage.

Of course there is removing the bearing cage and grinding the remainder down to a point where it will split, or welding lugs onto the remainder so you can use a gear puller.

Did I say it was a rough alternative to a proper (expensive) gear puller set?

Came off easy for me with a $20 3 arm puller and a $0.01 block of scrap steel.

Yeh MacMan, i managed to use a arm puller on the bearing on that end. But the bearing on the other end, refer photo, has no room for a puller like that, and the strong-back bearing puller that I have is too small to get around that bigger shaft.

Im considering just getting a angle grinder on to it haha.

I think from memory that I took the bearing cage off, removing all the bearings, then I was able to pull the inner bit off with a bearing puller as shown in one of the pics above.

Originally Posted by Disco95

I think from memory that I took the bearing cage off, removing all the bearings, then I was able to pull the inner bit off with a bearing puller as shown in one of the pics above.

Should have clarified, but I did precisely this for the tricky end.

do you have access to heating equipment?

Cut the cage off with a grinder. Heat the inner race in three or four spots till its cherry and it will fall off.

Alternatly to avoid putting so much heat into the bearing. Hang the diff so its clear of the bench and able to rotate. spin it slowly by hand while your torch is heating the inner cage and it will fall off.

Nah no heating equipment.

How did you get the bearing cage off?