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So I am working on getting my mast bearing out. Not going as well as I hoped. I was chiseling the brass lip up thinking the bearing was coming up…just fooling myself. So I have been working on removing some of the rubber, getting it up and out. I saw a post on another site where a guy was able to fish a wire under bearing and remove bearing with the wire and a puller. I have a few pullers, non narrow enough to get between column and bearing. I was looking for smaller puller on the internet but no luck. The arms need to be about 1/8” but then maybe not very sturdy to pull bearing up. I think the bearing could be rusted to steering shaft. I didn’t try the screw trick yet have to buy some. I have been spraying pb blaster near shaft to possibly help loosen and rust. Anyone with other tricks I could try. Thanks