Steering bearing stuck?

[tigerclaw]

I have stripped the front section of the bike but I cant get the bottom bearing off the shaft? Whats the trick? or the tool? (Just to be clear I have the yoke with the steering shaft on my workbench in a vice, its not stuck in the bike)

[xivlia]

when i changed the steering stem bearings, i had trouble with the bottom one too. my ones were both crushed and broken so i had to take them our and put new ones in. the way i took my bottom bearing out was, i got a pointy chisel. and a hammer. cracked the bearing race in half. and it came out, no damage to the stem itself. others might find this a little too extreme, so do it at your own risk, but it worked for me, and i had tried everything before hand.

[arsey30]

Grinding part way through the bearing cone first will make it easier to crack open with the chisel.

[tigerclaw]

Thanks for the help... after reading what you suggested I bought a cold chisel (better than a screw driver ) and I was lucky enough that with a couple of solid cracks it started shifting and then slid right off ... lucky lucky