Thread: It was only a matter of time

The press made short work of the stuck bearing.

Tonight I'll get it cleaned up.

Originally Posted by Nick6273

The press made short work of the stuck bearing.

Tonight I'll get it cleaned up.

Having a closer look at it there's nothing to indicate why the devil was stuck. Considering the amount of gunk and crud surrounding it when i first cleaned it up it may have just been grit causing it to stick.

Can't be completely sure but it's out now and once it's cleaned up and new bearings are put in I'll stick it back on and move to the front.

Well..... after getting the hub off and new bearings arrriving the stub isn't letting me slide the new bearings on.

Which helps explain why I couldn't get the bugger off before.

Thankfully i have a spare rear axle in the back yard collecting weeds and I've stolen the stub off of it to replace the stuffed one.

With two good stubs now its time to clean them up.

All cleaned up and ready for reassembling

First bit is done....

Now the brakes

Just looking at ur pics Nick and it looks like u have paint on the seal surface on the stub axle. If u have u should clean it off or u will have leaks.

Cheers Rod

Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Just looking at ur pics Nick and it looks like u have paint on the seal surface on the stub axle. If u have u should clean it off or u will have leaks.

Cheers Rod

Thanks Rod. The back of the stub axle and the axle itself were both cleaned back to the bare metal with a new gasket in place. Or is there another area that I'm missing?

Originally Posted by 67hardtop

Just looking at ur pics Nick and it looks like u have paint on the seal surface on the stub axle. If u have u should clean it off or u will have leaks.

Cheers Rod

Ah....ignore me. Where the hub seals against the stub. Got it. Thanks mate. I'll get that cleaned up now!