Beerplease Posted January 29, 2010 Report Posted January 29, 2010 Trying to replace some bad front hub bearings today with no luck. All the repair manual states is to replace them if the are bad not how to remove them. I am assuming that because there is a spacer in between that all I need to do is press out the bearings from the small side towards the large side? They do not seem to want to budge with the press, I tried heat and a socket with a mini sledge with no noticeable movement. Am I doing something wrong here? Quote
Drewski Posted January 29, 2010 Report Posted January 29, 2010 Trying to replace some bad front hub bearings today with no luck. All the repair manual states is to replace them if the are bad not how to remove them. I am assuming that because there is a spacer in between that all I need to do is press out the bearings from the small side towards the large side? They do not seem to want to budge with the press, I tried heat and a socket with a mini sledge with no noticeable movement. Am I doing something wrong here? the bearings must be removed outward only. If you dont have the tool that is suggested in the manual, you can use a narrow drift. you might have to cut some of the drift to give it clearance so it grabs the bearing properly . just move the spacer over to one side and hit the bearing working your way around it so it doesn't bind. Good luck, their a pain in the ass! Quote
t3h hott! Posted January 29, 2010 Report Posted January 29, 2010 wow, i just replaced mines and took tons of piks for this same reason! i was gonna make a how-to hub bearing replacement... i didnt have a press either so i used 2 deep black impact 1/2" drive sockets and just hammered then out, came out pretty good actually... take a socket small enough to go thru the rear(next to the spindle) bearing and big enough to push the front bearing out(closest to the wheel), once u have that bearing out, theres a spacer in between the rear and the front bearings, u can try and take out the spacer by using a socket from the front, or u can simply use a socket small enough to fit inside the spacer, but big enough to fit aroung the rear bearing and tap it with the hammer, it should come out. Quote
Beerplease Posted January 29, 2010 Author Report Posted January 29, 2010 Ahh it sounds like there is a indeed a recessed area for them to sit in so they can only go in so far before they hit a lip right? So by tapping the back of the smaller bearing you are driving them out from the other end? Quote
t3h hott! Posted January 29, 2010 Report Posted January 29, 2010 yup there is a recess, the front bearings will only go out thru the front, and the rear thru the rear, the spacer also goes out thru the rear... http://bansheehq.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=126206 Quote
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