For my v1 Bronson, I found that the heating-the-Al-link-in-the-oven trick (from youTube) worked really well to get the bearings out. The old bearings dropped out really easily. The old links don't appear to have the groove for a punch/drift on the inside.
I used a few of those old bearings (in a bearing press made from some washers, nuts, and bolts from the hardware store) as proper-sized drifts to press in the new bearings.
May 6, 2020, 11:42 a.m. - Hbar
For my v1 Bronson, I found that the heating-the-Al-link-in-the-oven trick (from youTube) worked really well to get the bearings out. The old bearings dropped out really easily. The old links don't appear to have the groove for a punch/drift on the inside. I used a few of those old bearings (in a bearing press made from some washers, nuts, and bolts from the hardware store) as proper-sized drifts to press in the new bearings.