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DrMud
Over the Top Mudder
Posts : 1655
Join date : 2010-11-08
Age : 62
Location : Metropolis, IL
|  Subject: Changing wheel bearings Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:20 pm | |
| I bought a 20 ton press thursday, put it togethor friday and used it today to change my wheel bearings. (My family has never owned a press, just a big hammer and a hard piece of metal, or a block of wood)....so this is new to me.......I used too big a socket and messed up a knuckle on the first bearing press, curled the edge off, thought the socket would fit, it did, just a little tight...., no problem, ordered a new knuckle ($200 mistake plus two bearings), but I changed the other 2 ok. I used the old wheel bearing for the final bearing seat push in. I did freeze the bearings first for shrinkage. Am I missing any tricks?
Could probably still use the old knuckle, the keeper ring stayed in ok...may have buggered the second bearing up alittle before I figured this out...may keep for a spare... | |
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Mud-and-Guts
Admin
Posts : 5943
Join date : 2009-07-15
Age : 45
Location : Celina, Tennessee
| | Subject: Re: Changing wheel bearings Sat Apr 21, 2012 8:26 pm | |
| I got a spare for the rhino and I almost bet it is the same as the griz, maybe wrong.. I take the old bearings and grind down the outer radious so the drop in and use them to press in the new bearings, I usually use a bearing driver with a big hammer.. A frozen bearing normally just slides right in.
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oldmustangjunkie
Moderate Mudder
Posts : 245
Join date : 2011-11-26
Age : 44
Location : TN
| | Subject: Re: Changing wheel bearings Sat Apr 21, 2012 10:59 pm | |
| Neil wrote a thread about using a blind hole bearing puller that is better than any other method I have used to remove wheel bearings. | |
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mudhound
Extreme Mudder
Posts : 1082
Join date : 2012-04-21
| | Subject: Re: Changing wheel bearings Sun Apr 22, 2012 7:21 am | |
| I will just pay my nephew to do it. | |
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NCMudman
Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398
Join date : 2012-03-27
Age : 38
Location : Murphy, NC
| | Subject: Re: Changing wheel bearings Tue Apr 24, 2012 5:39 pm | |
| ^^^ Yep what he said!! I jsut take my hub to a local machine shop and have them take the old bearing out and press a new one in... 10 Bucks a hub!! Well worth it to me!! | |
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Mud-and-Guts
Admin
Posts : 5943
Join date : 2009-07-15
Age : 45
Location : Celina, Tennessee
| | Subject: Re: Changing wheel bearings Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:32 pm | |
| - NCMudman wrote:
- ^^^ Yep what he said!! I jsut take my hub to a local machine shop and have them take the old bearing out and press a new one in... 10 Bucks a hub!! Well worth it to me!!
I've changed mine so much ten bucks would get expensive! lol | |
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DrMud
Over the Top Mudder
Posts : 1655
Join date : 2010-11-08
Age : 62
Location : Metropolis, IL
| | Subject: Re: Changing wheel bearings Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:56 pm | |
| The press cost $189, so if I quit breaking stuff, I will get ahead on this. My son has gone through all his bearings once and probably needs them again, I will be good for awhile after this. | |
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NCMudman
Heavy Mudder
Posts : 398
Join date : 2012-03-27
Age : 38
Location : Murphy, NC
| | Subject: Re: Changing wheel bearings Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:21 pm | |
| For some reason I go through bearing too... I don't know why....  | |
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Moto92
Extreme Mudder
Posts : 999
Join date : 2010-06-02
Age : 47
Location : Mt. Vernon, IL
| | Subject: Re: Changing wheel bearings Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:17 pm | |
| i knock mine out with the air hammer and punch.
then get the new ones in with the bench vise and socket | |
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