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Ransoms Marquis 20" drive shaft removal

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Hi all, advice please, i need to remove the drive shaft from a Marquis, to avoid damage i thought i had better ask best procedure.

Thanks in advance

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wristpin Sun, 06/09/2020

Unscrew the sprocket - right hand thread.

Replace and tighten the bearing carrier bolts.

Hold a big hammer or lump of steel in side the side plate to absorb shock.

Hit the end of the shaft hard  with a copper or lead hammer or in the absence of such, hard wood block and club hammer. The shaft does have a reduced diameter outboard of the sprocket threads so providing you hit it square on there is little danger of damaging the threads or splaying it.

 

hortimech Mon, 07/09/2020

Yes, remove the sprocket, but to ensure no damage to the frame side, remove the bearing housing (along with the shaft) and then pull the bearing off.