Hi Joel, Welcome! You can find a few home built tools on YouTube or by
searching online. Removing the bearing is easier with the shaft out imho. I
believe my tool is a piece of 3/8 threaded rod and nuts with large flat washers
and a 1/2 inch socket the appropriate size. There is also be a piece
I made a similar cutlass bearing removal tool a few years back out of steel
angle iron.
Even with this tool, I could not pull the cutlass bearing.
To get it out, I had to cut the bearingput a hack saw blade through the
bearing, fasten the saw handle and saw carefully through the length of the
