Danny Troy
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I think the main reason I had such a hard time getting it off, is the alignment was off with the original gimbal bearing. As I mentioned, looking in without the bearing installed, the coupler was definitely too high, so the bearing is likely installed correctly. With the gimbal ring off, it's pretty easy to view the coupler, and see how it sits relative to the bearing carrier. BTW, I used an actual installation tool, not a block of wood, or some homemade device, so I'm confident in my installation. I've heard these things are sometimes installed out of alignment from the factory, but this would be an extreme case.It’s obviously too late now, but I wonder what the alignment looked like before the old gimble bearing was removed?
As far as the new bearing, make sure it is seated completely, properly and square in the bore.
As you can imagine, if the bearing is cock-eyed, it’ll throw everything out of wack.
I would even remove the new bearing and be sure there aren’t any obstructions to it sitting correctly before making such a drastic change to the mounts.
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