Wow -- what a royal pain those were! I'm talking about installing the spherical bearings on the rear axle itself.
I ended up using an old railroad spike and pounding away on the rubber bushings for what seemed like forever in order to get them out. Then when I went to install the new ones -- they bound up on the edge (not sure if I caused burrs banging on the rear or they were just a tight fit?) -- so I ended up using my dremel and easing the edges of the bearings and one side of the opening of the rear so they would start -- then I still had to put a bolt through and tighten to pull it all the way in.
Now that they're in -- I'm glad I won't be changign them again! This was a pointless rant, but just wanted to see if others had similar experiences or if I did this all wrong.
I ended up using an old railroad spike and pounding away on the rubber bushings for what seemed like forever in order to get them out. Then when I went to install the new ones -- they bound up on the edge (not sure if I caused burrs banging on the rear or they were just a tight fit?) -- so I ended up using my dremel and easing the edges of the bearings and one side of the opening of the rear so they would start -- then I still had to put a bolt through and tighten to pull it all the way in.
Now that they're in -- I'm glad I won't be changign them again! This was a pointless rant, but just wanted to see if others had similar experiences or if I did this all wrong.