It sounds like he had only removed each side and not the shaft tha goes through the middle, on mine I loosened a bolt on one side, and gently tapped with a rubber mallet, and wiggled the link to free the shaft, no offense but if your struggling at this stage then I'd advise taking the bike to a shop to replace the bearings. I have the correct tools and still found it fiddly to put the bike back together
Thanks guys, I'll be fine, done countless bearing changes before. Just never had to on this bike in 18months. Didn't realise there is an internal shat that was separate from the link. Thanks again.
Here is my Nukeproof finally built up, few changes since this photo. Fitted Hope Tech3 E4 brakes and new tyres. Loving the bike so far ! ( Ignore chain guide )
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I'm on the air HLR model, loving the great small bump sensitivity, how it rides high in the travel, how linear it is on the rocks and how bottomless on big drops - only wish it had more clearance for bigger tyres (27.5x2.5)
The Mega TR was a fun bike but the Dune is from another planet when pointing down! I recall there was someone else here too that swapped a Nukeproof for a Dune.