Any machinists?... I need advice.

[superjet104]

I held the swingarm down onto some big ground steel blocks with long mounting studs from a kit I got with my mill. Once I got it clamped I used a starrett last word indicator to center the mill.

 

[superjet104]

 

[cookn]

I think you can call yourself a machinist.My favourite reply was from TheBuzzard. He may have been a mechanic for 30 years but has been a machinist Never haha. Its nice one someone tells you not to do something after they can clearly see you have already started. I think that repair will hold up better then you buffing it out and trying to get the bearing back in straight.

 

[cookn]

that one little booger on post #10 is nothing. if its a sealed bearing that presses in, its just the outside race that contacts that whole hole. its just a swing arm, its not a crank or rod bearing that actually turns thousands of RPMs, it barely moves! knock the high spot off so the bearing will press in and be done with it. i've been a professional mechanic for well over 30 years and working on primitive stuff like that , for even longer. you are doing way too much! too late for the simple fix, carry on.

Its ok, I get jelly too. Mechanics repair for the short term, machinists just solve the problem