 Wheel bearings this weekend ?!, What is it gonna take... |
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| RangerRhett |
 Mar 27 2006, 07:27 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Lafayette, IN Member No.: 2,620  |
Hey all...
I was going to tackle my front wheel bearings this weekend (or next). What am I going to need...? I assume the Front Inner and Outer Bearings...but a wheel seal? Front Inner http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/...=311405625D-M92 Front Outer http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/...n=311405645-M92 Wheel Seals? http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/smart/...311405641B-M213 Are any special tools going to be required? thanx Rhett... |
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| solex |
Mar 27 2006, 07:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 789 Joined: 12-January 05 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 3,439 Region Association: North East States |
Flat head drift to remove the old races, and a large socket to go over the new races when you pound them in.
If your seals are in good shape then you do not have to replace them but if you do not know then get new ones. Dan |
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| RangerRhett |
Apr 8 2006, 06:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Lafayette, IN Member No.: 2,620 |
Can anyone help me... What is a Flat Head Drift??? |
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| Joe Bob |
Apr 8 2006, 06:50 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
BF Screwdriver....
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| RangerRhett |
Apr 8 2006, 06:51 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 25-August 04 From: Lafayette, IN Member No.: 2,620 |
Big-F@&king Screwdriver? |
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| Spoke |
Apr 8 2006, 09:04 PM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 7,158 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None 
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To pound out and pound in the bearing races, I use a brass drift. It's basically a brass punch which will deform upon impact instead of damaging the race.
Brass Drift Set Tap-tap on one side, tap-tap on the other side. Do this continuously until the old race falls out. Do the same thing to install the new race. The drift will show signs of deformity but the races will be spared any harm. Not a hard job. Just takes some patience. Some people cool the new race so it shrinks a bit and fits in better. I did this on the first bearing race, then came to the conclusion that by the time the race was half way in, it had returned to room temp and lost its "shrinkage". I changed the seal since it was only a couple of bucks at my FLAPS. Spoke |
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| watsonrx13 |
Apr 9 2006, 07:02 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,735 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States |
Here's a link to my website that shows the procedure I used to replace the front wheel bearings....
BTW, if someone has the www button at the bottom of their posts, it means they have a link to their website. You might try the links sometime.... -- Rob |
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