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Tricks for removing rear wheel bearings...

salty_monk

salty_monk

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Struggling to get enough old bearing to hit.... anyone got any good tips?

Knew I should have just bought the Pit Posse kit....

Dan :)
 
At the risk of sounding obvious try tapping the other side bearing - sometimes one side 'shows more surface' or is not as tight as the other.

Otherwise they can be a bit of a pain; the central spacer can be shifted off to the side by maybe 1/4 inch. Once the bearing has shifted a tiny bit the spacer can be moved around easier which then allows you to tap out the bearing evenly.
 
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Weld a bar across old bearing then hit from other side? We all have a welder at home dont we LOL. Dont worry we have all struggled with bearings sometime
 
lol, I have a welder at home too... trouble is that home is 6,000 miles away :lol:

Well I guess I'll keep trying. Got the big one out of the drive hub no probs.

The pit posse kit does look good so that will be a last resort, don't really want to wait for it to show up though! Gets good write ups... http://www.pitposse.com/whbereset.html

Dan :)
 
I use a long flat headed punch (3/8" similar to a drift punch). It's supposedly for alignment only, but I've been using it this way for years. Besides, it's a Craftsman, lifetime garaunteed so, no problem..........:-D
 
Yeah, didn't work for me that way, not enough to hit so I got the Pit Posse tool & they came out in about 10 sec flat! Good tool.... Shame it doesn't include a drift to put new ones in though.

Anyone else struggling then let me know...

Dan :)
 
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