I had no clue this step was necessary (I'm a little slow). I guess the guys saying it only took a few minutes were just repackign the OEM bearings. My bottom bearing was completely devoid of grease - no wonder I had a wobble!
I'm trying the all-thread/bolt/washer contraption to pull it in. AllBallsRacing did confirm I have the right spec bearing. I put the races in the freezer and fit a lot better this morning.
When I get home, I have to take the bottom tree to the bench and get that old seat off. I'll probably have to carefully cut it off, it's on pretty firm, prying didn't seem to yield much.
Hopefully I can get this buttoned up in the next day or two. The light bar with turnsignals didn't allow me to remove that, so I zip tied it up as much as possible. I ended up pulling the tank to get clearance on the top nuts. Hopefully, my large adjustable wrench will be able to get them in place correctly. The slim levers (2) would make it a lot easier.
This job was a lot more difficult than I had anticipated. Hopefully this info helps others down the line.
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You can tap out the old races with some sort of drift (piece of round stock, long screwdriver ,or the like) Just work your way around in a circle and just move it a little at a time until you work them out.
I have a race drift made of aluminum made to drive those type races in place. You can also use a block of wood to carefully drive them in place, carefully being the most important part. You can also use a long bolt with washers to draw them in like in the picture of the tool, just be sure they don't pull on the surface that the rollers ride on.
