Now that the paint and bodywork is done, I'm on the clock to finish the rest of the repairs before august. I sourced all of the replacements parts I needed to rebuild my now discontinued MBP click drives. Unfortunately, the body I received had bronze bushings pressed in instead of ball bearings. The bearings popped out without much effort on the old drive, but the bushings in the new drive were incredibly stubborn. There's wasn't enough of a shoulder to tap them out from the inside. Heat was not helping either. I ended up clamping them in the mill and bored out the bushings leaving only a sliver of material on the outside circumference. About 5mm into it, they let loose and spun out. Rough afternoon for such a minor project. New bearings are on order from Boca. For the record, they're 6x10x3, 4 in total, and the outer bearing is flanged.
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