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You can also put a heat source on the arm. Heating the arm and cooling the bear will allow you to get the bearing almost all the way in before it grabs. To get the old bearing out and push the new in I made a puller with parts from OSH and Home Depot. Others have made up any number of DIY pullers. If you go the puller route use 5/8" or larger threaded rod - the force that needs to be applied is pretty high for conventional threads - be sure to lube the threads. I used a 4" ABS coupling part to push against the back of the arm. That stuff is amazingly strong.
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