| Author | Message | ||
     Ferrisbuellersdayoff |
on to I'm working on getting my wheel bearing out. And the oter race has splits down the middle like an oreo cookie and i cant get the innermost half of the outer race out, any ideas? | ||
| Frausty12r |
ummm, not sure what you're talking about. What kind of bike are you working on? Most "wheel bearings" are the sealed kind, and require a wheel bearing tool to remove. You'd remove the entire bearing from the wheel hub, then press new ones in. | ||
| Iamarchangel |
If I've got the picture right, you need a tool called a drift, a long one. You put the drift through from the opposite side and tap it out a hair at a time. Takes a while but the slower you go, the less damage you do to the wheel itself. | ||
| Husky |
If you have a die grinder or dremel with an abrasive cut off disc put some notches in the bearing race for the drift to seat on. Otherwise you might skid off of the race and nick the wheel hub making it even harder to get the race out. Husky | ||
| Ferrisbuellersdayoff |
  Here's what I mean... The outer bearing race split down the F'in middle like a G-D Oreo cookie! The smaller, skinner portion was stuck down in the seated position. I found a 2 1/8" hole saw and gobs of WD40, 15Minutes later I have a smoked holesaw and no more WD40. So at this point I'm searching for eother of my 120v dremel tools, cant find them. I did find my dads 7.2v rechargable model. put that sucker on the charger for 2 hours to besure it was juiced. Not ever 45 second in the HIGH setting, the MF dies! well after being extremely pissed off and not having anything done in 6 hours, I started twisting the chisel under the busted portion of the race and began walking it out. "Hooray"? F no! the bearings seat looks like it was carved into the wheel by a blind guy with a sawzall. cleaned out the seat as best I could and put the new bearings in. My dad came out to help and about put the other side in without the wheel spacer tube. I'm keeping my split bearing race as a reminder. | ||
| Iamarchangel |
That looks suspiciously like someone has put a thinner bearing and some spacers instead of the correct bearing. If it had split the way you're describing you'd have little balls rolling around. Maybe it's the photo but that looks more like machined edges than broken edges. It still looks like a sealed bearing but the seals aren't inset that far in a bearing. I'd be double-checking the part number against the catalogue and not the old one. Anyway, good, you've got it out. | ||
| Ferrisbuellersdayoff |
I used a hole saw and knocked the burrs down a bit on the trapped race piece. The balls within were propper size. Numbers and markings match the bearing from the other side. Either way i got it out, and the new ones in. Bike back together and i change the fluids tomorrow when I get off work. | ||
| Sparky |
Wait!!! You have new bearings in on both sides without the wheel spacer tube? Say it's not so! |
