Thread: It was only a matter of time

Give the bearing & stub a good spray with WD40 then Bolt wheel back on then give the tyre a hit with a sledge hammer from the inside . Or lower the vehicle down onto the ground onto the wheel .

If you've got a decent piece of angle, drill a couple of holes to suit and you could block it to wind it off.

Thanks everyone. I've soaked it in wd40 and let it rest for a bit. Wheel back on. Pulled. Hit. Cursed. Lowered it down. Pulled. Twisted. Nadda. Ive just hit it with more wd40 and ill try again in a bit

Originally Posted by 1950landy

Or lower the vehicle down onto the ground onto the wheel .

Works great! And for tyre beads!

If that fails I dunno what would do it without sacrificing one or the other

With the wheel on, try spinning it, then tapping/belting the inner race with a cold chisel. The shock, with load should dislodge it.

As suggested, make a puller out of a bit of angle. If that fails you could remove the stub axle and set the assembly up with the hub supported on blocks, a suitable drift attached to the stub axle - and attack it with a big hammer. (Or take the assembly to someone with a press!).

I wonder if the outer bearing had seized (or partially seized) and the inner race then friction welded onto the stub axle.

Normally when you undo the nuts the bearing inner almost falls off the stub axle so something isn't quite right.


Colin

It spins around with the greatest of ease when I spin it.

But that doesn't do me any good when I'm trying to take it to pieces so I can clean it up and replace the bearings

:/

Tomorrow I'll bring it down off the stands and see if I can find another way to shift it.