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Happy Birthday! 

You cab get the cush rubbers out by tapping threads into the middle bit and screwing in a bolt. After the bolt bottoms out it will start pushing the rubber out. Heat and penetrating oil will also be needed to get it moving. They are quite a pain to get out and may come out in pieces leaving the outer part behind

Boy you aren't kidding! How did you end up get the outer sleeve out?

I need to find me a "Frank B". Beautiful bike by the way!

one way:
heat the hub w a torch, knock it out. should take like 5 mins total even w basic hand tools. .02

welding way:
if you have a welder, weld a washer or nut on the one w out a spacer, good and sloppy mig job int he middle blocking the axle hole. when it cools down it will shrink a bit, then knock it out from the other side. with a drift. easy peasy

Done! cush rubbers soaking overnight in PB Blaster

In my mind, powder coat is more resistant to chipping. If it does chip, you can touch it up with whatever paint you have that's a good match.

All really good suggestions, love this forum! I think I might try the welding a nut/washer on the bearing idea first. For the Cush rubbers, I'll buy a tap and thread it, followed by a long bolt.

keep in mind, one of the rear 400 bearings, i think the one shown, has a sleeve that goes thru the middle of it, so be careful.

Yep, I've been working on the other bearing.

Brad-Man, Are you talking about the rubber bushings or for the bearings (or both) - how does that work?

Thanks, I'll give that a try. It looks like the wheels were previously powder coated with the old rubbers in    I guess I could do the same, but I'm thinking the chemical stripping would just degrade them more.

I've watched a video on Youtube where a guy welded a nut to one of the wheel bearings and threaded in a slide hammer/dent puller and yanked it out. might try that...

So I got the front wheel bearings out fairly easy using the method from the manual - pushing the spacer aside and wacking the inner race with a drift. The rear wheel bearings are being difficult. I can't push the spacer enough out of the way to catch enough of the bearing to push it out. I even made a metal punch with an angled tip, but it's not budging. Tried heat on the hub, PB blaster, but no luck. Is there a trick to this?

Also, how do you get the rock hard cush sprocket dampers out? I'm going to have the wheels stripped, blasted and powder coated, and can't have them in there. Should I cooked em out with a propane torch?

Thanks for any thoughts/input.

Nah, one project at a time for me  - to keep my wife from killing me.

Funny, My sister-in-law texted me this a couple weeks ago.

Thanks Mark. Wheel is all apart to get powder coated, so I'll play with it when I get it back.
I got the top end installed, head came out OK - not perfect. But that's probably a good thing. Maybe It'll keep me from obsessing  and trying to get everything on this bike absolutely perfect.

Got it. I'm guessing I shouldn't use washers to shim the caliper either?

More from the Neanderthal machine shop! Center of stock rotor to align new disk to caliper.
EDIT: Question for Mark - This is only about 10mm (or 0.4") thick. In your SPEED SHOP post, you say it should be 13mm (or 1/2"). Will this work, or can I space it out a bit more with washers? I guess I could mount it up and see for myself...

Thanks everybody. I can't take full credit. This is Marks (m in sc) design.
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