Cush drive rubbers removal Ducati 900SS

BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

These are how they look (not mine, photo from ducati forum)
https://www.ducati.ms/forums/attachments/supersport/106887d1331488112-cush-bush-removal-easy-cheap-cush-drive-002.jpg

So I need to remove mine, I got 3 out by heating up hub using a mapp torch and getting grips on the centre metal bit and with a little convincing the whole thing freed up and just slid out with ease.

The other 3 have most of the rubber removed and the centres are out so are basically metal sleeves in very tight holes.

How can I get them out....?

Seems only way is either weld a bolt(or random bit of metal) to the inside and heat and pull like the rest
or
cut a slit down the inside without going into the wheel and fold the sleeve in. (I have done this before with a tiny clutch pushrod bearing.)
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garth · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Karma :

Can't you use a slide hammer?
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jaffa90 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Apr 2016 Karma :

Do the holes run through to the other side?
If so why not linish the old ones and use as drifts.

mattsprattuk · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

They're a bitch. Enjoy.
Slitting them is almost the only way. Another is to chisel from the outside inwards to buckle them so they fall out.
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scotto75 · Renault 5 Driver Joined: 13 Mar 2016 Karma :

Heat the metal casing up with a blow torch and then use a grinding stone on a Dremel to cut a line down them. Once the metal casing has been cut through, the heat and rotating force of the dremel will loosen them up. This is how I got them out of my Honda.

I guess you could use a round file to grind down a line and then apply loads of heat and then try and knock them loose?

BillyJ · Nearly there... Joined: 07 Jan 2013 Karma :

Done...

Thank f*ck for that...

Those last three were a real bitch.

Tried cutting a small slit in the outer shell and folding it in to get a set of grips on them and then heat and slide out like the rest.

Unfortunately being a bit of the casing that was being pulled on meant it was impossible to pull straight up and and they just wouldn't budge. Ended up cutting all the way down and folding them in, the one on the right was the real hard one to get out.

https://s28.postimg.org/9ys2t5ij1/IMG_20170114_WA0004.jpg
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Had: '06 CBR125R + '01 GSF600 + '07 SPRINT ST 1050 + '80 CB250 RSA + '93 Ducati 900SS
Have: '13 GSXR-1000 + '01 CB500S
"The aryan confuser"