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easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby norman lovie » Sat 28.02.2015, 10:22

1) scrape as much as the rust and crap around the circlip - soak in lub oil
2) with a punch - butcher the bearing seal and pluck this out in bits = free's off a bit of space behind the circlip - soak in lub oil
3) with a flat punch - tap tap tap the circlip around the circumference - more lub oil - work away at this for 5 minutes
4) add some closing tension to the circlip via circlip pliers and continue to tap tap ( you can do 3 things with two hands :) )
5) once you get the circlip ends to start moving - put in a thin screw driver in the gap to hold the tension = you can now tap without also holding the circlip pliers
6) circlip will come out
7) be brutal and remove the bearing inner race
8.) with a welder ( TIG preferably) blast the inside of the bearing outer shell at 2 / 3 places loads of heat pulling in the weld pool from the bearing material - don't add metal and don't let the weld pool penetrate through the shell
9) bearing shell shrinks and it will now pop out with a drift easy peasy :bananasex:
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Re: easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby HJ2 » Sat 28.02.2015, 10:42

Hahahaha!

So for me the choice is: 1. Buy press, or 2: buy welder.
I just did the first! :-)
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Re: easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby dapinky » Sat 28.02.2015, 11:07

I've done it with a welder, a press and a BIG hammer on various cars - all work (but the first 2 options are far less likely to damage anything important, like the hub !)
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Re: easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby norman lovie » Sat 28.02.2015, 11:51

HJ2 wrote:Hahahaha!

So for me the choice is: 1. Buy press, or 2: buy welder.
I just did the first! :-)


what ? - welders are just part of being man, you can't survive without one :lol: - they need to be on the wedding list, above kettles, toasters and dishwashers
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Re: easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby HJ2 » Sat 28.02.2015, 11:55

I'll ask my wife if i can please pleaseplease buy one! :lol:
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Re: easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby norman lovie » Sat 28.02.2015, 12:49

HJ2 wrote:I'll ask my wife if i can please pleaseplease buy one! :lol:


forgiveness :bowdown: is always more fruitful than permission, albeit more painful at the time :chair: :)
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Re: easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby Andy_J » Sun 22.03.2015, 09:36

does anyone have a any tips or advice on how to support the hub carrier while you 'tap' the hub out of the bearing. I can see it is easy to support the carrier on the calliper mount, but how do you support the other side as it slopes?
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Re: easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby dapinky » Sun 22.03.2015, 10:42

Andy,

I had the same query, but got round it with 2 bits of scrap wood (3 x 2), 2 strips of plywood and 4 screws.....

I just arranged the wood on either side of the hole, positioned so that the hub was flat, then screwed the strips of ply between the 2 to make a rudimentary frame.

I was using a bench press, not a hammer, and it worked a treat to remove the old bearings - reassembly is easy, as you can support the flat face of the carrier.
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Re: easy peasy front wheel bearing removal

Postby Andy_J » Sun 22.03.2015, 14:16

Thanks Dave.

Found the wood was not quite strong enough for beating the hub with a hammer, so copped the 'top hat' off an old brake disk I had lying around so it was just the rotor left. The hub fitted neatly through the middle and was supported on the bake calliper mounting and the short metal casting peg. Wooden frame under the disk rotor and it took a good pounding from the sledge hammer.
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