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Fitting your own Bearings

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03 Aug 2016 20:34 #170891 by wombat
Replied by wombat on topic Fitting your own Bearings
I tapped the abs ring off with a brass drift and ground the bearing and retainer off with an angle grinder (carefully), and tapped the new parts into place using a suitable length of steel pipe of the right diameter :) :)

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04 Aug 2016 07:28 #170902 by mlines
Replied by mlines on topic Fitting your own Bearings
I have never managed to install a new retainer with a tube/pipe or any method other than a press, either borrowed from the local garage or eventually purchased my self. Remember that the retainer is a fundamental part of the mechanism that hold the rear wheel on so has to be a good firm fit.

I bought a press (less than £100) and its been useful for many little pressing requirements from bearings to bushes etc.

Martin

2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses

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04 Aug 2016 07:29 #170903 by mlines
Replied by mlines on topic Fitting your own Bearings
And the ABS retainer comes as a complete assembly now, not a separate ring.

Martin

2003 M13 early KAP build.
3" Trailmaster lift with 1.5 Spacers on front
Customised winch bumper and roll cage
235/85R16 Maxxis Bighorns on 16" Rims, 4:1 Rocklobster, Rear ARB locker and on-board air
Corrected arms all-round, rear disks, Recaro seats and harnesses

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04 Aug 2016 07:40 #170906 by facade
Replied by facade on topic Fitting your own Bearings
I pulled the bearings off the shafts in my gearbox with one of these, (you might get the wheelbearing off with some extra threaded bar, but I doubt if you could pull the bearing and the abs collar at once.)






and pressed it all back together with one of these (mine is a 10 tonne one), I pressed my wheelbearings back on with it too.




Both useful pieces of kit, but you don't exactly need them everyday ;)

If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there :)
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04 Aug 2016 08:13 #170910 by Busta
Replied by Busta on topic Fitting your own Bearings
I have a pretty comprehensive set of bearing pullers, lots of big sockets and an anvil so can get most things apart with brute force. When it comes to getting things back together, anything that needs more accuracy/force than I can apply with a big bench vice gets taken up the road to a nearby mechanic with a small press. A press makes it all look very easy.

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04 Aug 2016 10:28 #170917 by X8GGY
Replied by X8GGY on topic Fitting your own Bearings
Press and bearing spliter / puller will be my next purchase then... after selling some bits on eBay to fund it! ;)

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