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Another way to remove these stubborn parts are a 90 degree air grinder with a cut blade. Two cuts and tap with hammer bearing outer is remove.
To prevent axles damage cut inner race very close to axle and most of the time the inner race will just snap into.
Another solution is to just cut the axle. They are not that expensive. Reciprocating saw will do the job nicely.
Once done, ENSURE you put anti-sieze on the new parts to prevent this occurrence again.
While all this cutting is going on use a wet rag to shield plastic parts from heat.
Hope this helps.
The best thing i have found to do is pre-soak all parts a day or so ahead of starting project. This seems to prevent a lot of the problems of removing parts.
Hurray!! I just managed to get the bearing off the shaft. I used a little bit of all your advice: oil soak, heating and hammering. In the end, the extra large gear/bearing puller I was using (pic above) finally broke the outer race off (without much mess or flying debris). I was then able to put a much smaller puller on the inner race, and on the second try: a resounding pop. I thought for a moment I broke a jaw on the puller, but to my relief, the race broke free. Thanks for all your advice and experience. It gave me a lot of options to work with. I have a second bearing to do, and you all gave me the confidence to tackle that next.
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