How to remove a stuck wheel bearing race

Next either use two giant pussy foot levers to finish the job or clamp a two piece press plate under. Thats the inner race of the bearing thats stuck on your spindle.

And use a heavy hammer at least a pound.

How to remove a stuck wheel bearing race. How to remove the inner wheel bearing race the gets stuck on the hub this can be a difficult task but using this simple method with an angle grinder you wi. How do you remove a stuck outer wheel bearing race. Use a long tapered punch from the opposite side.

And use a heavy hammer at least a pound. Hit it like it owes you money. One pop will loosen it enough to move the bearing spacer out of the way so you alternate hits 180 degress apart.

Can a front wheel bearing lock up. Above with two holes behind the bearing race 180 degrees apart we can use a tapered punch and a 3 pound hammer to remove the race. Alternating between the two holes we beat the stubborn race out of the hub.

The back side of the June 1910 1913 hub showing how the punch is able to push on the bearing race. Thats the procedure I was told. I found out the backwards way when I tried to weld some kind of tang into a bearing race so I could drive it out.

The one I was dealing with had NO lip to catch. I finally got a washer welded into the race. He said that welding a bead around the race would do the trick.

When the bead contracted he said it would shrink contracting the bearing just enough to make it drop out. Cut a notch into the bearing race and slowly work toward its outer edge. Once youre almost thru it stop cutting and try to punch it out from the back again.

When the notch is deep enough the race will break and you can pull it out with pliers. Trying to remove an old sealed bearing cartridge from my fixed wheel I managed to remove the inner race and bearings but the outer race is stuck firmly inside the hub. I had the same problem when trying to remove the bearings from my Brompton rear wheel but was able to knock it out from the other side with a long screwdriver and hammer.

Press the inner bearing race to remove the outer bearing. If equipped with ABS remove the tone ring. Press the wheel lugs from the hub.

NOTE To prevent deforming the hub do not hammer the lugs out. Press new wheel lugs into the hub. If equipped clean all foreign material from the hub and tone ring.

Install the tone ring. How to remove wheel bearing inner race from stub axle. Strike the race side on same direction as your red lines with a largish cold chisel and hammer in several different spots this stretches the race and helps loosen it.

Jzz30 2jz vvti Borgwarner twinscroll build. Ae82 Twincam 4agte Build. You could carefully weld a piece of steel to the bearing race.

Then drive it out from the other side. Lightly heating the hub with a propane torch or heat gun will cause the aluminum to expand and loosen the bearing fit. You can also freeze the race by holding a can of keyboard cleaner upside down which will cause the steel race to shrink.

Thats the inner race of the bearing thats stuck on your spindle. But now that youve got it down to that the cars sort of stuck that way until you get the race off. Ive had that happen once before took a heating from a torch to get it loose enough to get off and that was after trying pullers hammers you name it.

Just cutting the grooves will heat up the race a little. Then use the chisel in the groove idea to turn the race on the spindle to break it loose. Once youve broken it loose you should be able to get it off with the pullers.

I assumed you were doing wheel bearings on the spindle. If its the trunnion bearings heating the race wouldnt help youd want to heat the knuckle. Pounding the living crap out of them evenly is probably your best option.

Trunnion bearings shouldnt be able to get hot enough to weld themselves in. Im trying to get a wheel assembly off the swingarm and the axle is completely stuck. Im guessing the axle is rusted to the inner bearing race.

Ive tapped on it aggressively with a 5lb hammer but its not moving at all. Ive got to get. Feb 25 2009.

Same problem i had pb blaster heat mushroomed the head of the axle had to get a new one. How did i get mine out pulled the axle out of the trans bolted the knuckle back up and let my step-father hit it with a 5lb sludge. After the bearing is down to just the inner race and often leaving the bearing totally in tact I have been able to remove it from the shaft by just heating the inner race with a torch.

You have to start with all parts cold a good sized tip or even a rosebud heat the inner race from one or both sides ends quickly so the heat doesnt get a. Now you need the bearing puller tool. The inner race that remains on the hub is removed by clamping the hub in a vise and with a face mask and gloves use a big chisel in the seam between race and hub hitting directly downward with a big hammer to create a gap.

Next either use two giant pussy foot levers to finish the job or clamp a two piece press plate under. If you can get a die grinder or cutoff wheel in there cut the outer race off let the ball bearings drop then cut the inner race as close as you dare. Then a smart hammer blow and cold chisel will usually fracture it off.

Faster cruder methoduse torch to heat red hotnotch bearing races with torch.