Can anyone offer a little advice on how to remove the bearing kit from the end of a Fox shock other than the daftly expensive tool . I just want to do a aircan on a float X
Seen this?
Failing that I imagine you could do a service with the can just slid down, the seals are all big enough to pass over the bearing mount perhaps?
If you have tools to change cartridge bearings the only other special thing you need is a bolt with the right thread; 1/2-28 (UNEF, not UNF). I turned a bit of 1/2" round bar to 0.4562", and then threaded it with a die (faster than ordering bolt). If you screw it into one half you can use a drift to knock it out from the other side. If you have 2 bolts you can push them one off the other.
Rocky Mountain use a smaller version of these, you can use an old bar end or a brake lever clamp on these. Some poeople have done these carefully in a vice.
The bigger Fox bearings on my DHX2 I was able to get them started with a tiny screwdriver between the cup & the shock, once started they were easy to get out.
If this bearing is mount is thread like on my DPX2 then one half on an ISIS crank removal tool has the same thread. Thats what I use. Thread it in and tap it out with a soft faced hammer.like this
I just removed the bearing from one side by leaving it outside in the cold over night (smacking the shock on my hand dropped the bearings out) and then allowed it to warm up used a long socket to tap out the opposite side cup out and finally flipped it to do the original side bearing cup. Took 30 mins but most of that was waiting for it to warm back up to secure the bearing again.