Due to obligations...girlfriend is sellin' jewelry at the fleamarket this weekend and yours truly HAS to sit there with her and endure all this girly-stuff...please don't tell anyone, especially j57ltr!
Let's see if I can keep it simple. If you don't understand this completely then please don't try it. Like I said, I'm terrible at typin' so I don't really explain myself well at all. Probably confuse the heck out've you on the phone too, ask any Canadian.
Make a mark on the rear of the rotor pins where they stick out of the back of the rotors. A fine point sharpie works great for this.
Take a steel plate (3/4" thick will do) that measures 6"x8" and drill two 3/4" dia. holes in it that line up with the rear pins on the rotors.
Stand the rotor pack on end, gears facing up, rotors sittin' on the plate with the rear pins facing down in the holes.
As a buffer between the ram and the rotor pin you want to press, set a small chunk of 1/2" round bar stock on top of one of the rotor pins. Make sure this little chunk is cut nice and straight/square/etc. It's a sacrificial item but needs to be true.
Come down with the ram on the chunk/rotor pin and press it until you get the initial break/snap/crackle/pop/creak. Technically, what you are tryin' to do in this stage is to press the rotor pin down through the rotor. Press it down ONLY enuff to get the initial "pop", 1/32" is plenty.
Do the same procedure again with the other rotor/pin.
You now have the initial break done between the rotor pin and the gear.
You've also loosened the hold that the inner race of the front rotor bearing had on the pin.
Now...Take the plate with holes out from under the rotor pack.
Set the edges of the rotor bearing plate on some blocks and let the rotors hang free.
Lift the rotor pack up a tad and place various types/shapes of steel chunks/blocks up under the the rotor plate.
Using your best judgement, locate these pieces into the nooks and crannies of the rotor lobes to where they'll provide a decent surface for the bearing plate to rest on.
Grab your little piece of 1/2" barstock and put it back between the ram and pin.
Have a bud ready to catch the rotor and start pressing.
If you have the bearing plate supported halfway decent at all then you shouldn't have a thing to worry about at this stage. Should only take a few hundred pounds of pressure and the rotor will start droppin'.
note to your helper: CATCH THE ROTOR!
Repeat for the other rotor.
Move everything off the press and take that rotor and set it up in the press with the
gear end facing down in one of the holes in the 3/4" steel plate.
Usin' your little chunk, press the pin back through the rotor that tiny 1/32" that you moved it in the first stage.
Watch the mark you made with the sharpie so you know when to stop. This will restore the pin in its original location within the rotor.
Do this NOW, do NOT wait until later.
Repeat for the other rotor.
Fingers are sore from typin', I'll do my best to press some rotors Monday and take pics of the process. It ain't magic, just common sense and a little bit've logic.
'bird
kenewagner - my mistake, many thanks for the compliment