Trailing arm disassembly, Take it down without the BFH! Options

[Wilhelm]

I always hate beating on crap till it comes apart, though I've certainly been guilty of this too many times to count. So... I made a little press plate to make this a less violent procedure and the hub and bearing came out smoothly. The bearing came out nicely and I can't detect any roughness in it opon rotation as opposed to the uniform destruction of them I acheived with beating them out with a BFH.


This is the press plate cut out of 3/4" 6X8 flat plate in under 30 minutes on an old fasion mill, though you could do this with a torch and grinder, a plasma or a holesaw or jigsaw with some patience. In retrospect 1/2" plate would have been more than adequate, but this is what I had.




By placing 2 of the 4 flats of the bearing housing into the press plate, the hub is held perpendicular to the press and the hub is free to drop out. On top I used a socket as an extension of the press to push the hub though the bearing. Bonus..... did not destroy my extension by beating on it with the BFH.




Finally the bearing retainer plate is removed and the bearing is pressed out with an even bigger socket.