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Rear Wheel Bearings
A job I've been looking forward to, ok not really!
I did this job a while ago and forgot to write this up so now my memory 
might be a little suspect getting the order of pictures correct.
 
Firstly knock up some tooling from scrap lying around your workshop.
Jack up car, remove road wheel blah blah blah........
 
Bolted a bar to the hub flange whilst undoing the retaining nut the other side.

Remove locknut from other side.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Progressive aggressive tools required to remove the stub axle (the other side 
needed a concrete breaker in the end !  no kidding. That is probably the hardest 
part of the whole job.

Is normal that the inner race will be stuck on the stub axle, don't worry other than 

if you did this with a new bearing, it is now scrap !  

 
 
 
 
Old bearing will wind out easy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lightly tap the outer race of the bearing to get it centered.
 
Press the bearing in with the tool, should be very easy !
 
 
I grind the inner ball race until it cracks, then will slide off. You can buy/make 
special puller tools if you really must :-)
Press the stub axle in with the other tooling. Be sure to wind a small amount 
each side.
 
Fit the drive shaft flange and tighten the lock nut with lots of torques :-)
 
Refit drive shafts ect ect. Go for a drive and notice how it was exactly the same as before 
ie nothing wrong with them. Never mind  !
 
 
 
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