rear wheel bearing removal

["Phil Williams" <willamp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe Senesac was asking how to remove the rear wheel bearing from the 
axle shaft of a spider and noticed the 'fancy puller' described in the 
work shop manual.

 Joe, you can take the axle to any machine shop and also many garages 
and they will pull it for you and even reinstall the new bearing for 
less than $10. The small garage that just did one for me claimed it was 
similar to a ford axle and he had a home made jig all set up for the job 
that worked perfectly. I had the later spider axle with the pressed on 
retainer and it took the guy about 15 mins to remove and replace the 
bearing and retainer.
 I imagine a machine shop would use a more universal setup and merely 
select the proper cutout plates to grip on the correct side of the 
bearing for removal and replacement.


Phil Williams
Owego NY
3 spiders and milano


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