Hi all,
I have removed my rear radius arms to clean and check. While cleaning on one arm all the pins fell out of the needle roller bearing. I am having a lot of issues refitting them. The casing all seems OK. Is there a easy/trick to refit the pins back in? The last pin is very hard to insert. Thanks

Pack the bearing shell with a little bit of bearing grease then fit the rollers into the race the grease will help keep everything in place

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66 Van 1275
69 K Sedan
69 K Van Teabag
66 austin Countryman
68van

Do you need to have all the pins on a angle so the last one goes in. I just can't get the last pin in...

get a new bearing

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Simon has the answer, the rollers aren't meant to be able to come out of the bearing - or go back in again - its stuffed.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

I agree with above. New bearings are cheap.

[edit] the old rollers are bound to be worn out of round anyway. Check the shaft- if there are chatter marks from the rollers, bin it and buy a new kit.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Same - new bearing for sure.

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Thanks for all the feed back.