Thinking outside the box
July 1st, 2009 
Montreal
A while ago I was discussing the removal of the rear wheel bearings from the axle shafts with some Alfisti, and we sorta agreed that pulling the bearing off of the axle was a cumbersome and difficult job. I mean, where do you get a puller with a metre long reach?
One night I sat down to study the workshop manual and how the special tools are applied to have the job done, and it suddenly dawned on me that the engineers in Arese was thinking a little different from us mere mortals: you don’t pull the bearing off the axle to remove it, you pull the axle out of the bearing!
I don’t know if it’s just me, but that’s thinking somewhat outside the box 