System and method for bearing assembly removal

A bearing assembly for rotatably supporting a portion of a rotating body on a frame, the bearing assembly comprising:

• a bearing support block for positioning adjacent to the frame, the bearing support block having a plurality of block mounting bores for each being axially aligned with a bearing mounting hole formed in the frame;
• and
• at least one mounting bolt removably insertable into one of the block mounting bores of the bearing support block and into one of the bearing mounting holes on the frame, the at least one mounting bolt having exterior threads for threading into interior threads on one of the bearing mounting holes on the frame;
• wherein at least one of the block mounting bores has interior threads formed thereon, the interior threads of the block mounting bore being incompatible with the exterior threads of the at least one mounting bolt such that the mounting bolt is not threadable into the at least one block mounting bore.

A method of removing a bearing assembly from a rotating body and from a frame supporting the rotating body. The method including:

• providing a bearing support block with a plurality of block mounting bores, at least one of the block mounting bores having interior threads;
• removing at least one mounting bolt mounting the bearing support block to the frame;
• rotating the bearing support block on the rotating body with respect to the frame;
• mounting at least one dismounting bolt on the bearing support block by threading the dismounting bolt on the interior threads of the at least one block mounting bore;
• and
• abutting the dismounting bolt against the frame to push the bearing support block away from the frame.