RE: rear axle seal. My God! No!

["Earl H. " <earlh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 A good backyard trick when doing press on bearings and collars 
is to put the bearing and collar under a heat lamp, or just sit them 
on a 100 watt light bulb. Then put the axle in ice, or hit it a couple 
of times with a CO2 fire extinguisher. Most of the time the bearing 
will fall on.

Earl


well , this morning i went and priced all this and it was suprisingly cheap
( 40 bucks) for two  rear bearing sets and the four  (  2 inner and  2 outer
seals)  .
   that was 40 bucks for both sides .much cheaper than i thought,   as
i was expecting 100 bucks.
  So i just decided to fix it all and wipe out any questions.
    yesiree, getting that bearing off is pretty interesting, but i got it by
following the manual, and  managed to drive the new bearing onto the axle
with nothing more than a framing hammer, a 3/8 thick  piece of steel, and a
slow Tink-tink,Tink-tink constantly rotating approach.Of course i kept the
blows to the iner race of the bearing set.
   It was  slow  but  actually  went  pretty smooth although it took a while
as I was going slow to  make sure i didn't cock the bearing on the axle.
Then i used the same technique  for the collar, and she went in perfect.
  kind of a backyard approach , but i think it will be OK ( I think, I hope)
tomorrow nite i will do the other axle.
  then the rear brakes.
  neal zimmerman, eugene oregon


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