Front Bearing Gone
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You did read everything that I wrote in my reply, correct? ... I appreciate your experience ... I am also a veteran mechanic ( ASE certified ) and operated my own shop ( successfully ) until I retired 20 years ago ... No where did I recommend or mention the use of a grease gun, bearing buddies or the like ... I was offering caution for all and conveying my own experience on the last go round during bearing installation using a set of All ***** bearings ( one had Zero grease in it ) Was I in error checking? According to you I must have been ??
If a person purchases a non greased bearing in a high speed or high load application like a wheel bearing, either he or the person selling the bearing is what I consider an uneducated person. You can spin a bearing and tell if it's got grease or not. If you can't then pay someone else to do the work.
Hopefully this makes sense and I'm not offending anyone. Ride safe folks.
Jes
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[img]images/icons/icon1.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmic Razorback [img]images/kirsch/buttons/viewpost.gif[/img]
Here’s a tip if you every have an outer race stuck in a wheel or wheel hub. Weld a bead around the inside of it and it’ll shrink and fall out. This technique is used a lot for tapered roller bearing races in a dead hole where you cannot get behind it.
That is a fantastic tip that I'm going to file away in the memory bank. I've pulled many bearings, never one like that.
When you said that it made perfect sense in my head.
If you like that then try a stainless steel electrode it shrinks even more.
it is great for sheared off studs. Weld a flat washer on first then the largest nut that will work. If it is welded half decently you will be happy.
Originally Posted by Cosmic Razorback [img]images/kirsch/buttons/viewpost.gif[/img]
Here’s a tip if you every have an outer race stuck in a wheel or wheel hub. Weld a bead around the inside of it and it’ll shrink and fall out. This technique is used a lot for tapered roller bearing races in a dead hole where you cannot get behind it.
That is a fantastic tip that I'm going to file away in the memory bank. I've pulled many bearings, never one like that.
When you said that it made perfect sense in my head.
If you like that then try a stainless steel electrode it shrinks even more.
it is great for sheared off studs. Weld a flat washer on first then the largest nut that will work. If it is welded half decently you will be happy.
Last edited by Highway Handler; Jun 18, 2022 at 09:29 PM.
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[img]images/icons/icon1.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally Posted by Cosmic Razorback [img]images/kirsch/buttons/viewpost.gif[/img]
Here’s a tip if you every have an outer race stuck in a wheel or wheel hub. Weld a bead around the inside of it and it’ll shrink and fall out. This technique is used a lot for tapered roller bearing races in a dead hole where you cannot get behind it.
That is a fantastic tip that I'm going to file away in the memory bank. I've pulled many bearings, never one like that.
When you said that it made perfect sense in my head.
If you like that then try a stainless steel electrode it shrinks even more.
it is great for sheared off studs. Weld a flat washer on first then the largest nut that will work. If it is welded half decently you will be happy.
Originally Posted by Cosmic Razorback [img]images/kirsch/buttons/viewpost.gif[/img]
Here’s a tip if you every have an outer race stuck in a wheel or wheel hub. Weld a bead around the inside of it and it’ll shrink and fall out. This technique is used a lot for tapered roller bearing races in a dead hole where you cannot get behind it.
That is a fantastic tip that I'm going to file away in the memory bank. I've pulled many bearings, never one like that.
When you said that it made perfect sense in my head.
If you like that then try a stainless steel electrode it shrinks even more.
it is great for sheared off studs. Weld a flat washer on first then the largest nut that will work. If it is welded half decently you will be happy.
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